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[dolari]

Just a quick heads up...according to the doctor I saw its a really bad sprain.

Frankly I don't believe him. All he did was poke around my ankle for five minutes, declare it a sprain, wrap it in an ace bandage and charge me $124 for everything.

I've broken my right ankle enough times to know you can't diagnose a break without an X-Ray. I've also never encountered a sprain that's left me immobile for 36 hours.

I think the diagnosis was more of an issue of "She has no isnurance, get her out of here as quickly as possible, because she won't pay."

I'd get a second opinion but he took my last $125. So if I end up with TWO gimp angles - we know when it happened....

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[emilydm.livejournal.com]

I take it the other "free" clinics open during weekdays aren't really free? How much does an X-ray cost? There's still the remaining amount of your early Christmas present funds here, plus I have some.

[kisai.livejournal.com]

Can you collect disability?

Seriously though, Canadians laugh at the mistreatment Americans get, but at the same Canadians have to put up with wait times, even for surgeries that are critical. And then I question the competency.

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

This. Disability may help a bit, that is if you can get on it. Hopefully it'll go smoother for you than it did for me.

And about Canadian care: A Canadian friend of mine once dragged herself to an emergency room (or the equivalent, I guess) and announced that she was severely depressed and was ready to commit suicide; could anyone help her? No, they turned her away and told her to catch up with her doctor. Whom she could not get in to see for weeks and weeks. Stuff like that seems to be fairly common, which concerns me.

[ghostangel.livejournal.com]

That sounds quite blatantly like malpractice. Legally, they are not allowed to refuse you treatment if you don't have insurance. Anywhere. And sorry, but this sounds like them taking you for a loop. You're absolutely right about the xray part, any competent doc would insist on one for anything that has the possibility of being a break. :|

I also agree about the disability thing--that is definitely covered under disability if you cannot walk, in fact it's the qualifying factor in many non-mental cases.