2 patients limp into two different doctors’ offices with the same complaint: Both have trouble walking and may require hip surgery.
Patient 1. is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
Patient 2. sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn’t reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for 6 months from then, pending the review boards decision on
his age and remaining value to society.
Why the different treatment for the 2 patients?
The FIRST is a Golden Retriever taken to a vet.
The SECOND is a Senior Citizen on Obama care.
In November, if there is no change in government, we’ll all have to find a good vet.
A few years ago here was a story from Canada where a hospital was renting out its MRI equipment to veterinarians during nights and weekends when it wasn't being used for human patients. When it became generally known, it would be reasonable to expect the Canadian health officials to start running multiple shifts on the equipment to allow more people to be scanned. Instead they just prohibited vets from using it.