Posted by Larry Hoover on May 21, 2005, at 14:12:55
In reply to Re: taurine, justice etc, posted by World Citizen on May 21, 2005, at 13:25:39
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> Hi Larry.
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> I'm SOOOO sorry your medical "care" has been soooo freaking deplorable! Is there any organizations that can advocate on your behalf-nag paper-pushers, consult with the surgeon, I don't know maybe contact your local SENATOR OR CONGRESSPERSON! It would appear that "the prevailing order appeareth to be lamentably defective" and there are people getting paid to do a whole lot of nothing! If you went to the ER would that induce any action toward your entering the OR? This kind of stuff REALLY pisses me off!!!!!!!! The unnecessary suffering of human beings! (if this were a Beavis and Butthead episode Butthead would be slapping me away from this tangental precipice! I guess I'll have to manage on my own!) Okay, aside from the suggestions mentioned above I'll definately be saying prayers for healing for you.
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> I think maybe it's freaking time you consulted an attorney about this, it reeks of malpractice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> World Citizen!I appreciate the indignation. I really do.
You can imagine that there have been numerous steps, and that I have simplified things in my discussion of events. You could not even imagine the levels of bureaucracy and incompetency that I have endured.
It is the system that we have, in Ontario.
I am in close discussions with my employer, the poor bastard. Although legally we're in adversarial positions, we're working together to try and minimize the effective cost of this injury. A simple loss of footing on an icy truck, and it will cost him over a quarter of a million dollars in extra assessment (higher bills) over the lifetime of the claim. This is in addition to the weekly payroll tax that he pays (9% of all gross earnings). Outrageous doesn't *begin* to cover it. My lost wages are only about 10% of the costs accruing. 40% is overhead, i.e. bureaucratic BS. Double that, if you consider that nearly all the medical costs to date are the Worker's Comp bureaucrats seeking medical documentation and repetitive examinations.
Example. I have to make an appointment to get my narcotic presecription refilled. I did so last week. The very day after that appointment, I got a form in the mail to get my doctor to fill out. An update form, that will look like all the twenty others that have been submitted previously. "No change in symptoms. Waiting for surgery." But, that will require another appointment (at $225 a pop). And, two weeks later, another appointment for the next month's supply of drugs. Totally asinine, and unnecessary.
And, it is the bureaucracy itself that has led to the lengthy delays. I knew last March that I needed surgery (my orthopedist said so), but I had to see their orthopedist (January of this year).
Who benefits from all this?
Anyway. In the meantime, I manage with oxycodone and gabapentin.
Lar
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