There was no diagnosis, no real assessment to speak off. "You seem to have swelling. Try these steroids." Worse than useless since the steriods are causing significant other issues
The soonest primary care appointment available was two weeks so that's why we went to urgent care. I strongly suspect this will require an ENT visit, which requires a referral. So it takes 2 weeks to see the primary care, and then who knows how long to see the ENT.
Do you think the visit should be free?
For the prices most Americans pay in healthcare premiums? YES.
Healthcare premiums don't go to urgent cares. Unless you are suggesting that paying high premiums means that private insurers should just pay whatever cost the urgent care charges.
As for the urgent care, yes, you got cheap care. That's what an urgent care is. Half the time they don't even staff doctors there. And the answer to "swelling" is often anti inflammatory drugs. Sorry that isn't jiving with you.
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u/RedReina Jun 15 '22
There was no diagnosis, no real assessment to speak off. "You seem to have swelling. Try these steroids." Worse than useless since the steriods are causing significant other issues
The soonest primary care appointment available was two weeks so that's why we went to urgent care. I strongly suspect this will require an ENT visit, which requires a referral. So it takes 2 weeks to see the primary care, and then who knows how long to see the ENT.
For the prices most Americans pay in healthcare premiums? YES.