tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33299705.post1964520404952084675..comments2023-09-04T11:05:09.428-07:00Comments on Spangles: My ER visit... RevisitedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573818454044395090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33299705.post-52656279645171585122006-12-03T08:04:00.000-08:002006-12-03T08:04:00.000-08:00Much different from my experience with the ER here...Much different from my experience with the ER here in Ireland. I went to the ER because I had something up with my ear, and a storied history of ear trouble. So at the suggestion of my friend, who's a doctor in Ireland, he said he thinks it'll just be a small charge, if anything, but to ask before they take me.<br /><br />So I go, hesitantly and after two weeks of living with the problem, and they tell me it's a 60 Euro charge. I'm like okay that's fine. I see the doctor and she tells me I have a middle ear infection and since I waited, it also became an outer ear infection. Oral antibiotic and drops will do the trick and she wanted me to come back in a week to check in. In my head, I'm thinking not likely that I'm going to come back and pay another 60 Euro to be told I'm okay. If it feels better, I'm not coming back.<br /><br />I ask at the reception station if I should make an appointment to come back, and he's like no, just show up and fill out the form and you're covered with the payment from this visit. And so I ask him to repeat that. Apparently, with that 60 Euro charge, I am covered for a YEAR's worth of ER visits to that hospital. Slightly different...joelaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09632792836508272300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33299705.post-12253612698453795042006-11-26T15:42:00.000-08:002006-11-26T15:42:00.000-08:00How do you want to change the healthcare system?How do you want to change the healthcare system?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com