tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post8170753862852176276..comments2024-03-27T12:00:48.922+02:00Comments on Beirutista: Prenatal Diaries: Of Resistant & Ruthless ReceptionistsBeirutistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17044182445447487566noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-5937629603410932612017-09-14T13:25:52.122+03:002017-09-14T13:25:52.122+03:00I never said we were turned away. I said we "...I never said we were turned away. I said we "had a tougher time" than you (and ... we were very gracious about it all and never complained).<br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272649036522018455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-60103019189342184162017-09-14T03:26:54.945+03:002017-09-14T03:26:54.945+03:00I am not going to entertain your supercilious rema...I am not going to entertain your supercilious remarks. I'll only repeat this: how do your anecdotes reinforce your claims that healthcare in the US is "perfectionist" when you yourself were turned away, despite your all-American health coverage?Beirutistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044182445447487566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-14622642030269836292017-09-13T11:28:42.714+03:002017-09-13T11:28:42.714+03:00Pride yourself on your humility, do you? Cute! V...Pride yourself on your humility, do you? Cute! Very cute! <br /><br />Points well taken. So glad you neither espoused nor brandished the Lebanese 'tude I mentioned, but again, in defense, please keep in mind that it's not every day that a receptionist in Ottumwa Iowa (or worldly Berkeley, CA for that matter) has come across an International insurance policy and has had to dial Ireland to verify it... Patience, grasshopper, c'est tout! :) <br /><br />We moved from CO to TX three years ago and had a tougher time (than you) getting an OBGYN to "accept" us even at 18 weeks, even with Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance (a national carrier). Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272649036522018455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-19501972186172889032017-09-12T17:36:32.933+03:002017-09-12T17:36:32.933+03:00If there's anything I pride myself on, it'...If there's anything I pride myself on, it's my patience, humility and belief in the general goodness of humankind. I never picked up the YDKWYTT attitude to which you allude, and I would never exhibit it neither in Lebanon, the US, nor Zimbabwe.<br /><br />But I do believe that the so-called "perfectionist medical care system" in the US could benefit from proper hiring and training of its frontline staff. The frontline, after all, is the first image and impression we as patients and consumers process. If I was turned away despite my valid insurance coverage, would you say that this system lived up to its perfectionist nature? <br /><br />It's the doctor's prerogative to accept or deny my case (discrimination is his discretion). But it's not the receptionist's prerogative to turn me away if she doesn't know how to dial an international number. <br />Beirutistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044182445447487566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678168401515945448.post-87615766892700889222017-09-12T12:12:07.327+03:002017-09-12T12:12:07.327+03:00You didn’t waltz in there with your recently-acqui...You didn’t waltz in there with your recently-acquired "you don't know who you're talking to!" Lebanese attitude, did you? I don’t need to tell you this, but YDKWYTT does not take you very far in the US, thank God. <br /><br />These people, no matter how drone-like their jobs may seem to a higher functioning being like yourself, are the gatekeepers of the best and most thorough and perfectionist medical care system in the world. Actually, I EXPECT them to NOT have an easy come / easy go "Bienvenidos a todos" open-door policy like they do in Zimbabwe - and Lebanon. <br /><br />So be kind to these animals…<br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272649036522018455noreply@blogger.com