I snuck in.
By saundyl
@saundyl (9783)
Canada
February 17, 2009 4:24pm CST
So I need glasses...have since i was little (my first pair was when i was about 4..theyre so little and cute) Its time to get new ones (and i finally got health insurance through work that covers part!).
My problem was...my eye doctor i saw last died because he fell asleep at the wheel and hit a semi...his partner always made me feel uncomfortable so i dont want to see him...plus its a 2 hour drive there and 2 hours back.
So i decided to go to the one locally...Except she's not taking new patients. So my mom had me call to make appointments with her and my younger sister because they've been patients before. Well...they took me.
Now i feel sneaky and alittle underhanded but I'm so totally looking forward to glasses that aren't ducttaped together!
Have you ever gotten into a dr this way? What do you do if no doctors are taking new patients?
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6 responses
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
17 Feb 09
i wouldnt do that because you need your records to be under the right people.. what if your sister gets into a car wreck and they investigate and see that she (you) have horrible sight and if she isnt wearing glasses she could be held at fault.. this happen to my bro.. he used to wear glasses all the time and stopped and got into a wreck and it showed on his license that he wore them and the cop grilled him on it and said he could be found at fault and as reckless driving and endangerment because he wasnt wearing them and it says he should be..
not to mention what if you for some reason need to file disability in the future?? unless you go later to a different doctor before you file you cant prove that it was you therefore you dont have proof if your eyes are worse etc..
not to mention fraud charges all over the place from insurances and etc
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
18 Feb 09
I didnt mean that i used their name to make my appointment. I made my self and them appointments...as a family rather than just making me one and being refused.
They've already transferred my eye records from the other guy as they said since i was family and technically i'm still under my dad's insurance for another 3 months...they said that since i am close family insurance sharer of another patient they wouldnt refuse me as a patient
No fraud involved. I'm me Tamara's tamara and my moms my mom...three separate appointments.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
19 Feb 09
oh okay! i was like freaking out thinking of all the awful things that could happen!! lol.. i have been fighting for disability for 3 year and so i know how important the whole medical records thing is and i was thinking "oh god if something happens later on you would be screwed!!"
sorry if i over reacted.. my bro had just told me about him getting grilled by the cops like the same day i saw this so that was also fresh in my mind lol..
glad they let you in!
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@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
17 Feb 09
Don't feel bad... sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I once passed up the opportunity to sneak in like that to see a dermatologist and I still regret it. I ended up seeing a guy who was making appointments for new patients as soon as a week away. When I met him, I understood why. He was the worst. He was very late, was in a huge rush, didn't listen to me, didn't bother to take any time with me at all. He just wrote a prescription for a cream that I had tried before and did not work, and left.
So, my point is, if you have the opportunity to get in to see a reputable doctor as opposed to someone with whom you do not feel comfortable, take it. It's a forgivable offense.
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@GardenGerty (160909)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I have done that before. I was the main patient, then all kinds of my family members were accepted by my doctor because they were related to me. It is important sometimes, if there is a chronic illness, for instance, to maintain the treatments.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Hey saundyl! Don't feel bad! You have to have new glasses so
whatever way you need to get them it doesn't matter as long
as you get them! Your eyes are important! I wouldn't give it
another thought! If I couldn't get an appointment with one
doctor I would keep trying until I got one with someone! It
wouldn't matter as long as I got an appointment! So you just
go and get your eyes checked and get some new glasses!
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@eabaterina (501)
• Philippines
5 Mar 09
wow, i learned something new in this post. that in your countries, doctors refuse to take new patients. here in our country, we don't have to have the same doctor. we can see any doctor we want and they do not refuse us. what if you had a doctor in one state and then worked and moved to another far state. do you really have to go to the same old doctor you had before? it is inconvenient. or there are some doctors who accept new patients, that you can go to?
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
6 Mar 09
You dont HAVE to go to the same doctor its just easier records wise. If your doctor moves you can still go to them however that mucks with provincial health insurance. and its just sometimes simpler to find a "new" doctor. However theres more patients than doctors and they do refuse new patients at times.
