Don’t Take Shit From Your Doctor
Every time I see someone with a horror story about the treatment they received from a doctor, therapist, or psychiatrist it makes me furious. You and I all have to be held accountable at our jobs, but various healthcare professionals who YOU hire to be directly responsible for your quality of life can brush you off or deny you access to treatment you need?
It’s completely unacceptable. When you pay for a service it should be quality, and that’s long before malpractice enters into the picture.If you make a mistake with one of your customers, you’re expected to make it right, aren’t you? Whether you forgot a customers coupon, or their drink size was wrong.
So why should a doctor be different?
Your doctor still operates within capitalism. These are private organizations that you PAY to take care of you.
So what can you do about it? Plenty.
Ask to see their superior.
Various medical groups have different hierarchies. You may need to talk to their section or department head, their manager, or possibly even get contact information for a board member. Although, if they can’t resolve your issue, or maybe your doctor is in private practice and has no superior, you may have to move to other actions.
Better Business Bureau and Attorney General Complaints
You don’t need a lawyer to get thoroughly in a businesses face. You’re spending enough money on your healthcare, anyway. Just threatening a complaint with the BBB or your states Attorney General can usually start setting off alarms with higher-ups. You can file these complaints and if they do not satisfy you with their results, they get to hold on a a big giant “UNRESOLVED” which shows everyone how neglectful they are to their customers. You also might want to look up these records before deciding if you want to see these healthcare providers to begin with. It’s important to note: The business doesn’t have to be BBB accredited for you to file a complaint about them.
A complaint with your local Attorney General is usually just a matter of Googling your state name and then “Attorney General Complaint”. And here’s a link to filing a complaint with the BBB.
https://www.bbb.org/consumer-complaints/file-a-complaint/get-startedWhen Should I Get Pissed?
Now, your doctors are human, just like you. I’m not advocating that you start threatening lawsuits because you spent an extra 10 minutes in the waiting room or you didn’t get a lollipop.
But the ableism, the sexism, the racism, the transphobia and beyond has got to STOP.
Fuck this shit:
- Suggesting you lose weight to fix everything from hangnails to hernias
- Psychiatrists/doctors refusing to discuss HRT
- Therapists that mock or minimize how you are feeling
- Insults, flippancy, or disregard for feelings or comfort
- Mental health professionals that makes threats such as hospital admittance if you don’t ‘behave’
- Not listening to your opinion of what going on with YOUR body or YOUR mind
- Anything that harms you rather than helps you
We all want to see a safer, healthier, happier world. That start by taking care of ourselves when we are sick. Make sure the people hired to help with that are not a hindrance, and stay safe.Have to remember this. May be auditioning new doctors soon.
Want to add to this, if you are paying for health insurance and receiving care: you can also report issues to your health insurance company.
They keep track of complaints received, especially if it impacted your quality of care, and they will take action to help you find a different doctor. If they receive enough complaints or if any complaints are really serious, they may launch their own investigation and at the least can remove the doctor from the network.
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