It's official: I should have gone to Med School
So here I am in Brenham, TX. I was looking forward to warm weather, sunny skies, and girls in tight jeans. So far it's been cool, muggy, foggy, and I haven't seen any girls I'd want to see in tight jeans.I've also gotten my very first outbreak of pink eye here in the Lonestar State. My eye was itchy, red, and sore all day yesterday, so today I buckled down and went to the doctor. I haven't had the best luck when it comes to the medical profession, (See this post from last summer) but I figured I'd go blind if I didn't go, so I did. I show up at the office, and here's what happened.
The nurse calls me back, asks the typical questions. Doctor comes in and says "Yeah looks like your eye is a little red. Here's a perscription." And walks out. He was in the office for less than a minute, and didn't even look at my eye closely. I could have had a small creature living in there, but he'd never know.
And for all this, he got $20 of my hard earned cash for a co-pay, and who knows how much from the fine people at Blue Cross.
If it was proper to ask for a refund at the doctor, I would have.
It's times like these that make me wish I would have gone to medical school. 3 years of medical school may be stressful, but when you're done you can charge $100 a visit to tell people what they already know...they're sick. The only down side I can see is you would also have to look at other people's junk.
posted by philthy @ 10:11 AM
4 Comments:
hey adi-
our new blogger superfun lives in bloomington, so she's spending time there.
also, thanks for thinking of me on v-day...i'm sure you weren't the only girl doing so. what's your BF think of that??? :)
ok, i think you should retract your "i should have gone to med school" statement, because of your expensive visit. here is why:
1) it's not 3 years of school, it's 4 years of hell (not including residency), and when you get out, you're approximately $200k in debt
2) residency consists of a 3 year program (at minimum) where they pay you ~$.50 an hour for ~120 hours a week. you get 1 sunday off a month.
3) you get bumped into the 50% tax bracket, where uncle sam takes $10 of that $20 copay.
4) once you get your $10 copay, you then have to fight BlueCross for about 4 months straight to get the remainder of the $30, which will only end up being $15 after uncle sam,... not including the salary you have to pay the person who fought BlueCross for 4 months.
5) if someone comes in who's been a chronic smoker for the past 50 years, and you find they have lung cancer (surprise, surprise), they'll find some way to sue YOU for it.
6) your profession owns your soul.
therefore.... i conclude that you should pay the $20 copay and shut your mouth!! haha.
I'll I'm sayin' is I've never seen a doctor driving a mercury sable.
I'm sure the monogrammed handkerchiefs can wipe away all the tears when you drive off in your Mercedes to your 5 bedroom summer house.
booya
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