Posts by Paul Johnson

slywolf45 said:It's because Americans are notoriously difficult to train when it comes to changing old habits. They decide they absolutely have to be in the doctor's office by 7:30 sharp because they're rushing to catch a bus, hit the bank, make a lunch date, or catch a train, and you practically have to be psychic to predict their arrival. They demand to be seen IMMEDIATELY. 🙄

By the way, at our clinic, we do blood work from 7:30 to 9:00 (though I usually start even earlier), and the lab tech is already sweeping in to collect samples by 8:15. It's a total circus.

My primary care clinic takes appointments, and I am beyond grateful for it! 🙏
I used to see a doctor who didn't take appointments, and I'd spend hours waiting every single time. I don't get why everyone isn't booking ahead.😕

It just paves the way for private labs to thrive. No crowds, everything stays pristine, and you get a polite smile along with your results delivered straight to your inbox the same day.

cosmicviper11 said:There is just so much misinformation floating around here...
Basically, what’s happening is that clinics will mostly be drawing blood once a week—specifically in the mornings—so patients will have to schedule appointments. I don't think they'll be doing more than 10 draws in a 7 or 8-hour window. This means anyone coming in for an exam who actually has a fever or high blood pressure won't get seen right away—they'll just be stuck waiting for an hour! As for getting samples to the labs, the technicians handle that; they organize the transport themselves. And honestly, the funniest part? They’re drawing blood in ground-floor offices while the lab is right upstairs 😕
The bottom line of this nonsensical idea from our dear Secretary of Health is this: unhappy patients, unhappy lab techs, and unhappy primary care teams!
The result? Just more frustration for us Americans 🙂
I really wonder who stands to gain here. They claim this increases accessibility 🤣
but it's not like we're living in some remote village in Tanzania! Maybe we should just go door-to-door to draw blood if they want to make things so "easy" for people
First off—labs are staffed by specialists trained specifically for this. It’s not that nurses can’t draw blood—they can certainly practice and get it down—but until they do, they’re just going to end up bruising a bunch of patients! If nurses are forced to take over blood draws, then the lab techs should at least pick up some of their workload 😁: Secondly, they’re piling more and more onto the medical nurses—so where is the pay increase for all this extra work?!

And when does everyone else get their blood drawn? 😕
(By "everyone else," I mean the other fifty people waiting at every local clinic or community hospital across the US every single morning.)

My thoughts?
I think I’ll stick to private labs. 😉
Just like I can't stand seeing 120 people crammed into a tiny, airtight waiting room at a local clinic or hospital, I refuse to accept those same conditions being moved into a primary care doctor's office.
And all those seniors with their daily health complaints—now they'll be stuck sitting in a GP's waiting room just to get bloodwork done. As if they aren't there often enough already. 🙄

And what about the pediatricians? Are kids still going to separate labs for blood tests?