The Editor,
I just read a person’s opinion about our universal health care system and I would like to say this: When I get my prescription filled, every time I have to do this, I have to go see my doctor.
I am quite fortunate that I only have one prescription, but that means that if I had to have several prescriptions filled, I’d have to make a doctor’s appointment every time.
In the past, I could just get my prescription re-filled over the phone with the pharmacy as it would be on file. I do not know if the pharmacist would then have to confirm this with my doctor or whatever the process was. With everything on the computer now, I am sure that all my information is there for the pharmacist.
In the past, when I would go for a blood test or whatever, I only heard nothing from my doctor if there was a problem. Now, I have to make an appointment with my doctor to tell me that all is well. That makes no sense whatsoever! It just makes sense that if all is well, a quick phone call would suffice.
Both of these situations mean that the doctor can therefore charge the health care system for all of these appointments.
I just want to add that when I am made to go in for these appointments I am there for only a few minutes. I wonder how much time they can charge the medical system?
Let me finish with this: I am elderly and thank goodness I can get to my doctor.
What about the people out there that are not only elderly but obviously not well that have to make these endless trips?
Furthermore, my doctor is very close by but not all people have this luxury.
Candace Gair
Port Coquitlam
