tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post8269661201812493282..comments2024-02-12T05:46:36.595-05:00Comments on talk talk talk: Some Endocrinologists Fudge the OHIP Rulestalk talk talk / Shireenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10453931641034885060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-23049563850383953052008-11-22T20:17:00.000-05:002008-11-22T20:17:00.000-05:00Interesting article. It sounds to me like Wilson g...Interesting article. It sounds to me like Wilson got bit in the butt by the change in referral rules, which I think (could be wrong) were instituted by his government. He can't possibly be suggesting that the dermatologist should see him for free, now can he?<BR/><BR/>I love one answer to his dilemma: blackmirth wrote "all you have to do to avoid $125 referral fee is find a walk-in clinic that isn't boarded-up and sit in the waiting room for three hours surrounded by squalling toddlers and people coughing and spitting-up all around you, and if the receptionist calls your name in close-enough pronunciation and in-between shrieks and coughs for you to hear it, you can go in and be asked why you are wasting the precious time of the walk-in clinic with this non-urgent concern. And go home with the flu."<BR/><BR/>That was another concern with those bogus endocrinologist referrals cause GPs got those bawling, sniffling kids in their offices too.<BR/><BR/>The block fees are a whole other issue. And it isn't just family docs charging them either. Some doctors can't keep up with the change in the phone rules (charge if patient calls, can't charge if doc calls) and charge the patient for those when shouldn't. It's a mess!<BR/><BR/>And then there was a further change in the referral rules that applied specifically to ob/gyn, who often act as the doc many women go see for an annual instead of their GP, for various reasons, which I frankly think has upped the cost to OHIP by forcing women to see the doc every single year no matter how they're doing in order to keep the ob/gyn as their doc.<BR/><BR/>Politicians often get special treatment from docs, especially cabinet members. I've heard of them even getting cancer meds that the gov't won't pay for or restrict for us ordinary joe blows. Seems like Wilson was expecting the usual preferential treatment. I have no sympathy for Wilson as he was party to this mess. But if his pain will bring common sense back to the referral rules and bring fairness to OHIP rates, then it will have been worth it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link!talk talk talk / Shireenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453931641034885060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-74871299022918045482008-11-22T19:32:00.000-05:002008-11-22T19:32:00.000-05:00You should consider getting in touch with this MPP...You should consider getting in touch with this MPP's office to see if he would bundle the issue with the one he's chasing:<BR/>http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/527156Mark Dowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399115211805036553noreply@blogger.com