I took my senior cat in for a check up yesterday because it was pretty clear he had a thyroid issue. Yup, diagnosed and walked out with some pills same day, for

I took my senior cat in for a check up yesterday because it was pretty clear he had a thyroid issue. Yup, diagnosed and walked out with some pills same day, for a few hundred bucks. Recently my son needed to see some doctors. It of course took appointments with a GP to get to a referral. One of the services - the one that is ultimately really important to his quality of life - of course wasn't covered by insurance and of course the doctor to whom he was referred can't be bothered to call to schedule anything. And of course the GP doing the referring can't be bothered to assist us in any way - we could look up the contact info ourselves, of course not even having a name of the doctor to whom they promised to make a referral. So several hundred dollars later, we're no father along than we were. It's the same basic story why I don't go to a sleep study - it's simply a complete run around to get any kind of actual care. That is why Americans remain unhealthy.