tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post1697397436328213733..comments2024-03-28T19:30:58.564-07:00Comments on Kissack Adventures: The "NEW" MedicineNancy Kissackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-3349959883300560082015-05-15T07:29:48.308-07:002015-05-15T07:29:48.308-07:00Thank you Jan. I must say I've tried to find ...Thank you Jan. I must say I've tried to find another doctor, but this area has become such a welfare and property value depressed part of the State, no one wants to move here. Doctors are at an all time low. Those that are here are so overwhelmed, they aren't taking any new patients!! I'll have to look out of the area I suppose!!Nancy Kissackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-12722479376548926612015-05-15T07:25:08.845-07:002015-05-15T07:25:08.845-07:00I'm building bigger as I type Jim!!! I just s...I'm building bigger as I type Jim!!! I just see it as a BIG waste of OUR money! If Doctors are ordering all these tests for me, imagine how much that amounts to when you multiply it by the millions of people over 65!!! It's crazy ... and although my pittance won't make a different in the big picture, I'm sticking to my guns!!!Nancy Kissackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-66982401426514159242015-05-15T07:21:06.630-07:002015-05-15T07:21:06.630-07:00I know that Medicare will pay for all those tests ...I know that Medicare will pay for all those tests Lynn, and I appreciate that. However, I just don't think in my case they are warranted, so I have a problem with ANYONE paying for them. I think the doctors ... at least in my area ... are padding their own bank accounts by ordering so many unnecessary tests!! Maybe you wouldn't have to pay ANY extra for Medicare if there were fewer expenses for them to pay!Nancy Kissackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-23952563262271671772015-05-15T07:15:20.505-07:002015-05-15T07:15:20.505-07:00Thank you Rex ... Costco and Walmart seem to have ...Thank you Rex ... Costco and Walmart seem to have the best prices. I'll check into Humana!!Nancy Kissackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-88641937315942693122015-05-15T06:56:09.494-07:002015-05-15T06:56:09.494-07:00I'd be finding me a new doctor. Great post.I'd be finding me a new doctor. Great post.billandjanrvingtheusa.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029050668729852555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-48882467750968410782015-05-14T09:10:08.057-07:002015-05-14T09:10:08.057-07:00Nancy, please go to Home Depot with your big truck...Nancy, please go to Home Depot with your big truck and buy lots of lumber to expand that Soap Box or it's going to get very crowded up there. Great post (or rant). The medical profession has no respect for our time or our money. I also believe they do not like questions from their patients who they expect to simply nod and do anything they say. I am sure your doctor just shook her head as you left and just couldn't understand why you weren't simply stepping into line like you were supposed to. If you saw your doctor flushing thousands of dollars of cash down the toilet you would think they were crazy and would not have very much respect for that doctor. Yet that doctor was flushing thousands of dollars of Medicare money down the toilet. It sounds like you justifiably lost respect for that doctor. With the majority of doctors thinking that way and the majority of their patients thinking that that is the right way to do things it guarantees just one thing. Medicare will run out of money sooner. It is not a bottomless pit. Medicare funds are a precious commodity and should be respected, yet it seems that you and I are in a very small group that sees the big picture and are disgusted with the waste that the medical profession is doing. How are you doing with that construction job on the soap box. Me thinks this thread could go on for several more days. I suggest you consult with the Escapades staff to see if maybe there could be a focus session at the next Escapade to better educate our members on the problem and try to get people to focus on making the process better. I almost said to myself, that it couldn't get worse but then realized that statement might not be true. I like the Nancy with all those Phd's. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-44447388923185076632015-05-14T08:24:15.829-07:002015-05-14T08:24:15.829-07:00Nancy, you be surprised what Medicare pays for und...Nancy, you be surprised what Medicare pays for under 'preventive healthcare.' I had a mammogram x-ray, bone density and a colonosopy performed late last year and did not have to pay. We changed health care plans in 2015 to Humana and now paying less than with UnitedHealthcare plan. Also, like Rex, we pay $15.70 each for prescriptions and some medications are in a 'tier' that I do not pay. I pay $104.90/month for Medicare as well as David. If you cannot see our primary doctor, perhaps it is time to change. Good luck.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619977155837293987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-41340674098509276542015-05-14T07:27:50.940-07:002015-05-14T07:27:50.940-07:00The cheapest Part D drug plan we found was at Huma...The cheapest Part D drug plan we found was at Humana, $15.70 a month. It keeps the Feds off our case. Kathy takes the same medicine you take I think. We get it at Costco and a 90 day supply is $5.04. But a whole tablet is too much and she has to cut them in half, so in reality she gets a 180 day suppy for 5 bucks.<br /><br />Please be careful on the road.<br />RexRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280722332213058004noreply@blogger.com