Yeah there's a lot of useless testing and unnecessary APPOINTMENTS in the medicare system - For example (relative's experience), patient wants epidural or whatever shot for back pain and requests that from general doctor. Patient is told has to get physical therapy a try first. Jumps thru hoops getting useless physical therapy for 2 months, then finally is allowed to get pain management referrals for the shots, then patient goes to appointment and is told to first get x-ray, patient returns with x-ray and is told to go get mri and make another appointment. Patient returns with mri where the appointment is about looking at mri, and is told to return another day after medicare approval process for the shot. Patient returns at another appointment and gets 1st pain shot. Patient is told to come back in 2 weeks for second shot, patient returns to get second shot and is asked how the fist shot went and told to make another appointment to get second shot.
Yeah there's a lot of useless testing and unnecessary APPOINTMENTS in the medicare system - For example (relative's experience), patient wants epidural or whatever shot for back pain and requests that from general doctor. Patient is told has to get physical therapy a try first. Jumps thru hoops getting useless physical therapy for 2 months, then finally is allowed to get pain management referrals for the shots, then patient goes to appointment and is told to first get x-ray, patient returns with x-ray and is told to go get mri and make another appointment. Patient returns with mri where the appointment is about looking at mri, and is told to return another day after medicare approval process for the shot. Patient returns at another appointment and gets 1st pain shot. Patient is told to come back in 2 weeks for second shot, patient returns to get second shot and is asked how the fist shot went and told to make another appointment to get second shot.
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