Health care in the US (joke)

This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent
to a number of recent threads here...

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Two patients limp into two different US medical clinics with the same
complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement.

The first patient sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets
an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his
surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.

The second patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same
day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.

wrote in message
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This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent
to a number of recent threads here...

------------------------------------------------------------------
Two patients limp into two different US medical clinics with the same
complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement.

The first patient sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets
an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his
surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.

The second patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same
day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.

Ha! That is fitting, isn't it? :~)

kili

wrote:
This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent
to a number of recent threads here...

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.///

Yeah - seems pertinent, and applies to the UK too. Pandora saw the vet
Wednesday night, and was referred to a specialist Friday morning with a
full medical diagnosis by Friday lunch time after tests.

My gran waited 3 years for a hip replacement, from the time she was
first placed on the waiting list at the doctors, to the time she had
surgery.

Quite depressing.

Helen M

"kilikini" wrote in message
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This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent
to a number of recent threads here...

------------------------------------------------------------------
Two patients limp into two different US medical clinics with the same
complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement.

The first patient sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets
an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his
surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.

The second patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same
day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.

Ha! That is fitting, isn't it? :~)

kili


In addition, while the Retriever's surgery won't be cheap, it won't likely
put the owner out on the streets either.

Every vet I know loves his work, and none of them seem to be hurting for
money. Well, except the kids who are fresh out of school and trying to
build a clinic, pay back school loans and start a family all at the same
time while discovering that they didn't learn business management in school.

Unlike my surgeon, the vet doesn't seem to feel the need to leave town for
recreation and decompression.

Jo

On 2006-06-24, penned:
This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent to
a number of recent threads here...

------------------------------------------------------------------
Two patients limp into two different US medical clinics with the
same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a
hip replacement.

The first patient sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then
gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally
has his surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.

The second patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same
day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.

I read it too, and thought it pertinent, but then again, typically the
Golden Retriever bill will be paid up front by the owner; much of the
delay for humans is in getting insurance approval. I'm sure if you
paid cash for all your medical treatments, you could get some speedy
treatment.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 24 Jun 2006 08:20:27 GMT, yodeled:

This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent
to a number of recent threads here...

------------------------------------------------------------------
Two patients limp into two different US medical clinics with the same
complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement.

The first patient sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets
an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his
surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.

The second patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same
day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.


Actually, your subject line says it all:
"Health care in the US (joke)." :P


Theresa
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Make Levees, Not War

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

I read it too, and thought it pertinent, but then again, typically the
Golden Retriever bill will be paid up front by the owner; much of the
delay for humans is in getting insurance approval. I'm sure if you
paid cash for all your medical treatments, you could get some speedy
treatment.

That's quite true. And I'm sure there are some people who do just that.
Not most of us, though!

Joyce

Kreisleriana wrote:

Actually, your subject line says it all:
"Health care in the US (joke)." :P

Good point. :-/

Joyce

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

On 2006-06-24, penned:

This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent to
a number of recent threads here...

------------------------------------------------------------------
Two patients limp into two different US medical clinics with the
same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a
hip replacement.

The first patient sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then
gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally
has his surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.

The second patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same
day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.


I read it too, and thought it pertinent, but then again, typically the
Golden Retriever bill will be paid up front by the owner; much of the
delay for humans is in getting insurance approval. I'm sure if you
paid cash for all your medical treatments, you could get some speedy
treatment.

And if human treatment cost no more than the vet's bills,
more of us might be ABLE to pay "up front"!

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On 24 Jun 2006 08:20:27 GMT, yodeled:

This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent
to a number of recent threads here...

------------------------------------------------------------------
Two patients limp into two different US medical clinics with the same
complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement.

The first patient sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets
an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his
surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.

The second patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same
day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Senior Citizen.

The second is a Golden Retriever.


Actually, your subject line says it all:
"Health care in the US (joke)." :P

If Kili's experience is typical it is indeed a joke. We moan about our
healthcare over here. It takes a long time for non-lifethreatening
conditions to be treated, true, but when push comes to shove and it's really
important we needn't worry that we won't get appropriate treatment very
soon.
I said before I was in hospital within two hours of seeing my doctor for my
ovarian thingie. I freaked him out a bit, I think. He tried to keep a
straight face but once he examined my tummy I could tell he was scared. He
said "go home, pack a suitcase, and an ambulance will come for you within
the hour." And it did.

Tweed