Ahem

Ever since attempting to penetrate the medical establishment of specialists and super-dooper  specialist I've come upon a recurring behavior that I think separates the wheat from the chafe, so to speak.

When I explained how I lost my health insurance and couldn't afford a pain care specialist anymore, the nurse practitioner at Lane CC was sympathetic and helpful and did everything she could to get me on all the pharmaceutical companies free drug programs.  When I explained it to my current fiery, kick-ass nurse and GP doc, they were instantly on my side, supporting me and helping me anyway I needed.

But when other clinics I've been working with to get care and to get my pump removed asked for current records and I explain it to them, this is how the screenplay would read:

Nurse: Long pause on the phone, answers slowly with hint of disdain, emphasizing every syllable as she says, "Okay."


And scene.

Is it that in conceivable that someone in my position (malady) could go without healthcare?  Millions of Americans do!  Do they live in a bubble?  What do they do with patients who call for help but have no health insurance and can't pay out of pocket?

I am grateful for Medicare, even when it falls short.  When I hear right wing members of Congress B&M about it, I want to reenact that scene from A Clockwork Orange, but they'd watch all the people who'd suffer without it.

Maybe some insulated, bubble living health care providers, too.