First, a disclaimer: My purpose in sharing my experiences in the illogical, upside-down world of today's U.S. health care system is NOT to denigrate the many fine individuals working as health care professionals--physicians, nurses, technicians, and all the other good folks who support the care of an endless stream of patients, many of them seriously ill.
I've been most fortunate in having access to some of the best specialists in their fields at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health. I salute all who truly care about their patients. No doubt, they are as frustrated as I in finding themselves in this dark maze populated by wacky characters with nonsensical expectations. I know they also despair about the care, or rather lack thereof, this nation gives to its sickest patient of all--its health care system.
Today, the fun show reached another high, given how low it was. That's how it is down the rabbit hole--what's up is down and what's big is small and what's wrong is as wrong as wrong can be.
I've been most fortunate in having access to some of the best specialists in their fields at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health. I salute all who truly care about their patients. No doubt, they are as frustrated as I in finding themselves in this dark maze populated by wacky characters with nonsensical expectations. I know they also despair about the care, or rather lack thereof, this nation gives to its sickest patient of all--its health care system.
Today, the fun show reached another high, given how low it was. That's how it is down the rabbit hole--what's up is down and what's big is small and what's wrong is as wrong as wrong can be.
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| Don't fall in, Alice! It's scary as hell down there. |
