Do We Really Want This?
by Mike on Aug.06, 2009, under Political
My mother was born and grew up in Canada. All her family still lives there (except my cousin David and his lovely wife Shelley who live in Birmingham, AL and are about to become my son Josh’s “parents away from home”).
So my mom gets a phone call a couple of weeks ago from her sister Margo (Mugs). Mugs tells her she just rec’d a call from some Canadian medical board and her MRI has been approved and scheduled. Mugs indicated she didn’t need an MRI and asked when it had been requested. She was told it had been requested 11 months previously, when she was dealing with some medical issues since resolved.
She told the caller she did not need the MRI and to take her off the schedule. She was then told if she did not have the MRI she no longer requires, she would not be able to obtain an MRI the next time the doctor prescribed this test. So I guess she is going to have the MRI she no longer needs.
Is this really the kind of medical care we want? I think not.
