Proselytized at the doctor's office! [View All]

[OnionPatch]

I just talked to my brother-in-law, who just came back from the doctor's office. He and my sister (who live in South Carolina) are self-employed and the only health insurance they can afford is catastrophic care. It has a $5000 deductible or something crazy like that. Anyway, he has a hernia and went to find out if he needs surgery and if so, what it will cost. Well, apparently, the price was beyond my brother-in-law's means but the doc said he'd probably be ok for awhile without the surgery if he takes care of himself. My brother-in-law told him he would be eligible for Medicare soon so he hopes he can hang in until then and the doctor muttered, "Yeah, you can wait for Medicare to do it and screw over your doctor." Apparently that was when the doctor tried to "save" him!! He said he had not mentioned anything about religion or anything whatsoever to open up this conversation. I guess he was spouting all the regular lines, "You know Jesus died for us...Do you want to go to Heaven or Hell...have you accepted the Lord...and blah-dee blah." I wish I could have been a fly on the wall because my brother-in-law told him he really didn't care to be saved just then although he had nothing against Jesus, Jesus was his favorite "long-haired-hippy" :) and a lot of other good stuff I wish I could have heard. Anyway, the good Christian doc charged him $250 for an office call. I guess my brother-in-law won't be going back to him for the surgery when the medicare kicks in! The guy is ticked at Medicare because they won't pay as much as he prefers to charge and he wouldn't offer my bil an affordable price, either. What are people supposed to do? So it's come to this; faith-based health care. If you can't afford the health care, your doctor will offer to save you. Have you ever been proselytized by a health-care professional? :wtf: