Irene Ertl, Sartell
I am appalled that you would write an article like you wrote in the Friday March 21, 2014 Newsleader, After March 31, it’ll get better.
My daughter just had her 4-year-old daughter (my granddaughter) in the doctors’ office with a case of strep throat. She had to wait for four hours to be seen by a doctor. Her husband was at home with their 2-year-old child wondering where she was all that time. I’m finding the same to be true.
I filed a grievance through my insurance company last week because of the care and charges that my clinic is leveling. I went in to the clinic for a follow-up because of diabetes. I’m on Medicare. I was told there was no co-pay because this is a follow-up. In my statement from the insurance company (Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield), I’m being charged a co-pay rate for seeing a specialist. I saw a lady with RN behind her name. She handed me a blood-glucose monitor. She tried to explain how to use this device to me while a nurse stuck her head in the door twice asking her how much longer because she had several other patients waiting. I tried to use it after reading through the instructions in the book several times. I went to my son’s house and he set the time for me and showed me how to use it. She is asking my insurance company for a specialist fee of several hundred dollars.
What I’m seeing going on with my own family is a disaster!
I have had several people tell me they have been denied health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care). They don’t know what they are supposed do.
I have been told and I’ve heard it stated on TV that people are signing up for health-care coverage but they are not paying the premium because they don’t have the money to do so. More businesses are closing their doors and more people are losing their jobs every day. Wake up America!
I think you owe Ron Scarbro an apology.