Re: Doctor

[Guest guest]

I've personally never heard of a family doctor charging by the

hour. Your doctor did not help you and did not handle things in a

professional manner. He should have notified you about his " unique "

billing method. I guess what should be common sense to all of us

now is knowing that your doctor is an asshole.

>

> Can regular family doctor charge you by the hour ? I had the

wierdest

> experience today, or I think I did, his office visit was $60

dollars

> and we began talking about my problem and our conversation went

pretty

> smoothly I didnt even realized time went by about like an hour but

at

> the end he decided he couldnt help me and all of the sudden he

says the

> office visit fee is charged since I took up his time talking to

him. He

> said it totaled up to $160 for the visit. I told him I had no clue

that

> taking up his time would actually cost more for visit since I had

no

> previous experience of this happening. He got pretty much up in my

face

> and said it is common sense that I know this. Is this true ? But I

felt

> I didnt really owe him $160 especially when he didnt really tell

me he

> was charging extra for talking to him and taking up his time. So,

I

> kinda started to annoy him until he got really furious and told me

to

> leave by just paying $60. It wasnt really the money issue, I felt

I had

> right to know I was being charged for talking to him. Is this

really

> commone sense ? Am I missing something or did I just go nuts.

Today I

> really kind of felt like I really have lost it with reality for

some

> reason.

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. It really sounds like that doctor is just practicing medicine for the money. It's hard to find docs who really care about their patients and don't put profits before people.

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[Guest guest]

thanks for the replies. I knew I was right on this one. I think it was

him who lost in touch with reality not me.