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  • MinuteManMike

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    I don't have a primary care doctor. Mine left town in 2017. Then the 2020s hit and destroyed my faith in the mainstream medical industry.

    I want a doctor that didn't push the MRNA poison and thinks for themselves. At this point, I don't even care about insurance coverage.

    Ideas how to find what I'm looking for?
     

    bgcatty

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    OP: Good luck with that!
    If you have to go beyond a GP or Internist like an orthopedic surgeon skip Indy and go directly to Mayo Clinic or Cleveland Clinic and leave the amateurs here behind!
     

    1nderbeard

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    Good luck. I like my primary care doctor, but even her office was blanket get the covid vax.
    My wife sees a DO, who uses a more holistic approach.
    We both try to live a healthy lifestyle so that visits are limited to once a year checkups.
     

    firecadet613

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    I hear y'all. I don't often need a doctor, mostly I just want to get some blood work done and have someone to call to give me a steroid prescription for when I get poison ivy reactions.
    If you just need bloodwork head over to Quest Diagnostics (you can schedule online). They have many different panels you can get, at different price points.

    Poison Ivy steroid prescriptions you may be able to get from an online or in person urgent care visit.
     

    blain

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    I hear y'all. I don't often need a doctor, mostly I just want to get some blood work done and have someone to call to give me a steroid prescription for when I get poison ivy reactions.
    The blood work part you can probably line up through HealthLabs
    I used them back in April to have some blood tests done. All together the cost was $214.
    I followed their directions that includes scheduling a time for a blood draw. My location was a Walgreens here in town.

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    Expat

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    If you want a doctor that speaks English, you are going to have to take what you can get. Be a grown up and just tell him “no thanks” if he suggests something you don’t want.
     

    Lmo1131

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    If it's any consolation, it's not just an "Indiana" problem. Here in Califoria I had the same physician since 1983, he retired abruptly in 2022. Virtually none of the other local M.D.s are taking new patients, and I have only recently been accepted by a local Nurse Practicioner.

    Our healthcare system is in dire condition... but you all know that. The huge influx of undocumented people, who grew up relying on emergency room 'health care', is only exacerbating with situation.
     

    Leo

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    I have had two family physicians in 60 plus years I actually like and trusted. They were both D.O trained. They seemed to be more good sense and work with the bodies natural healing. The guy I have now has been a trusted friend for 12 years, but it looks like he is closing up shop.

    The minute you walk in the hospital, 15 different specialists climb out of the wall and each wants to touch one part and charge like they cured you, except they did not help at all. Like a government road Crew skit. one guy points to where the barrier barrel goes, one guy sides it of the truck, one guy positions it, one guy flips the switch on the light, and they drive off. Except the guy that puts the batteries in never showed up that day, so the driver died at the cliff anyway.
     

    bgcatty

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    Hopefully the populace is learning that the obamacare totally ****ed us, doctors and all?

    Hard to tell exactly how we might fix this, but it will start with getting the gov't out of our healthcare.


    :twocents:
    Obozo Care F’d us royally and I blame the idiot brain dead sheeples who voted Democrap all these years to perpetuate this Democrap farce!

    But then again it’s mostly a handout to the dumb :poop::poop::poop: sheeples particularly those part of a certain 13% of the population who are so stupid they don’t even realize the swamp they are in courtesy of the Democraps they blindly vote for again and again.

    I just don’t get it! (Not really! LOL!) :whistle:
     

    NHT3

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    I hear y'all. I don't often need a doctor, mostly I just want to get some blood work done and have someone to call to give me a steroid prescription for when I get poison ivy reactions.
    Like you I have lost faith in the medical community in general. I stumbled on to a NP that is great.. No BS, no drama, no big ego. She takes care of what I need and is willing to spend whatever time necessary to answer my questions. Also doesn't have a problem saying "I don't know", something that most Docs can't let past their lips.
     

    yeahbaby

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    I guess I'm petty lucky. I have an outstanding primary care doctor. If I email him a question. He responds back within hours that same day. If need be, I can get in to see him pretty quick. I would post his name an location. Unfortunately he's not accepting new patients. Not sure how close to retirement he is. When he tells me he is going to retire. My first question will be. Who do you recommend to replace you.
     

    stocknup

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    I hear y'all. I don't often need a doctor, mostly I just want to get some blood work done and have someone to call to give me a steroid prescription for when I get poison ivy reactions.
    My wife is a Nurse Practitioner and suggested a facility called " Any Lab Test Now " .
    Any private citizen can go there without any referral or doctors orders . You can make an appointment online and schedule your visit . There are quite a few locations .............

     
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