Honestly! I do NOT understand private insurance. Shouldn't health care be something everyone gets? Why is it I can't get my patients the medicine they need, or the subacute rehab they need, because of insurance? I have a young lady who would really benefit from intensive therapy after her proLONGed hospitalization, and should go to SAR rather than a nursing home. But no, her insurance won't cover a SAR. So she will go to a nursing home and not get the PT and OT she needs. And she's young. And at the other end of the spectrum I have an elderly lady who really needs a Bi-PAP or at least a CPAP machine, but we had to fight to get one covered. It's just her breathing, after all. Oh, and my young man who spent four extra days in the hospital (at 1200 a day, mind you!) because insurance took their sweet time approving his outpatient IV antibiotics. For the life-threatening infection which would take weeks to treat.
And those are just a few examples.
I won't stay on the soapbox too long; I need to nap before I start night float tonight and work from 8:30pm-10:30am tomorrow morning. But if anyone doesn't understand why we need universal, public, single-payer health care -- he or she is welcome to join me on rounds. Or better yet, join the Care Management Specialist or the Social Worker.
Back to happy things. Or, - phone call; gotta go.
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