Many doctors would have simply stopped seeing Medicare patients and military families if this pay cut took effect, effectively denying patients the chance to seethedoctorthey know and trust.
If the patient tries to follow up with the physician they were referred to, they are basically told thedoctor will not see them unless the patient pays up front.
And we've got a whole series of measures for cost reductions in the health care system over the long term, by reducing waste and unnecessary tests that are duplicative and end up wasting money, by ensuring that there's strong prevention funding so that children are getting regular checkups and they can go to see a doctor instead of going to the emergency room.
It did not quite occur to me that these older women were watching to see what direction this intimacy might take and that they were ready to turn righteous if thedoctor should decide to drop me.
They could wait however long it takes to see an ER doctor (likely several hours) or the ER staff would set them up with an appointment with a primary care physician within 24 hours.