Called once to ask, they said go to urgent care.
Then billed me for a telehealth visit and also the Urgent Care billed me too.
SwearingRobin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Since you’re in the US I imagine my method won’t apply to you, but just in case, or for other people reading: in my country there is a phone number you can call in situations like this. They have doctors, nurses and specialists on call, initially you talk with a nurse that asks triage questions once you’ve explained your problem they give you advice for home treatment, if relevant, or send you to the correct urgency level care, including already sending the information on the triage questions to wherever you are going.
BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 month ago
SwearingRobin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
USA, Land of the free
to pay🤷 in my country it’s all completely free. Once I had a bad cold they even called me back the next day to check in if I was doing better.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh i love the nurse advice line. My experience with that line is that their advice is “if it takes more than a bandaid to fix it, you need to go to the emergency department” and they’ve never heard of urgent care.
SwearingRobin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m pretty happy with the one in my country. I once mixed up some medication times and they escalated to a doctor that then put me on hold to consult a pharmacist just to be sure. I would have spent 7 hours in ER just for a doctor to tell me that I was fine, and instead I just waited a bit on the phone.
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m in the US and I can do this. I call my primary care, they connect me with a nurse, and I tell them what’s going on. They will then inform me if I should go to UC, ER, or wait for an appointment. The primary care office even has a walk in clinic as an option. This is why it’s good to have a primary care physician, even if insurance doesn’t require it.