I went in for my first annual physical since going on Social Security. The first thing I learned was that it is no longer an annual physical. It in now an annual “wellness check”. My wife was informed that the doctor would not touch us. After a life time of being poked and prodded it seems that we have reached the level where none of that is necessary any more. I was also told that they did not do the blood test for prostrate cancer anymore. I can only assume that they hope we will just keel over and die.
Although the doctor did not have the time to check for hernia or swollen liver or any of the other things he could have looked at in a couple of minutes he did have a long list of questions to ask. He started of by explaining, “Don’t get mad. I am required to ask these questions.” At the first one I had to laugh, “Do you know what year this is?” I laughed because when I had signed the form at the front desk I had written 2017 instead of 2018. It is a good thing I caught it and changed it. He then went on to wonder if I had felt depressed or had a lack of interest in things. He wanted to know if I had throw rugs in my house. The last question was about having smoke detectors in my house.
This is your government in action. They want to trap you into seeming to be crazy. I wonder what would have happened if I did not know the county I was in or the state I lived in. Would I have gone on a list that the government keeps to try and restrict my other freedoms because I was not competent? Perhaps this is the first level of the death panels that will later decide who gets treatment and who doesn’t.
I am more worried about a hernia. I guess I will know when my intestines start to stick out past my belly button.
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Yes, it IS the beginning of the death panels. But just letting you die is so much more socially acceptable than forced euthanasia (for now). They also want to declare you incompetent, so they can steal your guns.
ReplyDeleteThat last thought is getting more real all the time.
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There was a time many years ago when family doctors worked at helping us become well. Now they just ask silly questions and refer us to specialists.
ReplyDeleteWe have noticed that the specialists we see are reimbursed much better than the GP. I am not sure what the point of that is.
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That whole "welcome to Medicare" wellness checkup is a waste of time. I worked for a primary care doctor who pretty much refused to do it until the corporate types from the hospital that bought his practice forced him to. Now you have to schedule a follow up visit if there's an issue you want to be dealt with other than those questions.
ReplyDeleteWhen we left the clerk told us he would like to see us back in six months. Why? No reasons were given. We did not make appointments.
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