I took my daughter to her Dr's office as an emergency so they squeezed us in, long story short after waiting 1 hr and 15 min the doctor refussed to see my daughter because i didnt have my 10.00 copay ! what should i do and i offered to bring it after the appt! because i didnt want to lose our spot ! should i take legal action ?
2007-12-17 10:54:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If it was an emergancy room you might have a case, but just your regular doctor I wouldn't think so. Especially because you didn't have an appointment. You should switch doctors if you are upset by it.
2007-12-17 10:59:23 · answer #1 · answered by jellybelly 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Only if your daughter suffered injury directly as a result of the doctor's refusal to treat her, as in, she needed immediate treatment and her condition worsened and she suffered damage and pain and suffering. If you ended up taking her to the hospital emergency room and she was treated there and you can get the doctor that treated her to describe specifically your daughter's condition and what damages were the result of delayed treatment, then you have a case.
If your daughter ended up being fine and you are just angry at the doctor, find another doctor (I'd be angry, too) but you don't have any legal standing.
2007-12-17 11:03:12 · answer #2 · answered by curtisports2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could you go to the doctors office, wait all that time and not realize youdidn't have the copay with you?
Doctors don't work for free. If your daughter was so sick, you should have taken her to the emergency room if you didn't have 10 bucks.
2007-12-17 16:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless he refused to see her and she was a laboring mother or about to die -- you have no case. A physician's office is a business, just like the grocery store, hairstylist, or the car dealer. You wouldn't get away with "just let me take the groceries and I'll come back later with the money".
If it was a true "emergency" you wouldn't have been in an office you would have been in a hospital --- this when people need to relearn the meaning of "emergency".
2007-12-17 11:59:17 · answer #4 · answered by Susie D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF it was NOT life threatening...your SOL....they are not required to see you if you can not pay if it does not threaten the life or inflict permanent damage on the patient..
You can take legal action for anything....BUT be ready to < in my opinion, lose AND pay the lawyer fees for the Doc..
2007-12-17 11:01:22 · answer #5 · answered by consrgreat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 25+ years experience in the medical field. yeds, if your daughter was sick or injured, and you have proof from another doc that indeed she was, then yes, you should press charges. you also need to report the attending physician or registration clerk to the hospitals CEO..and especially the administrator of the facility. Docs have to take a hippocratic oath and if they don't mean it and don't practice with ethics..report them to the medical board of examiners in your state. they will be put on probation and fined and restricted to practice in certain areas. also it is your daughters RIGHT to TREATMENT..with or without a copay. that is a violation of her constitutional rights.
2007-12-17 11:16:28 · answer #6 · answered by brandy 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
did your daughter die or suffer an ireversible side effect from what you were taking her to have the doctor treat? if not, why sue? this country is full of litigious freaks like yourself. next time remember to bring money, credit card or checkbook.
2007-12-17 11:00:49 · answer #7 · answered by skaliente 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unless it was life threatening, no. Otherwise everyone who forgot their wallet when their kid had the sniffles would sue and doctors would be put out of business.
2007-12-17 11:09:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
F your doctor ... that's very bad. Let it go. Get a new doctor.
However, you might be one of those pain in the a.s.s. parents who take their children to the doctor everytime they get the sniffles, don't want to wait your turn and make a scene. In that case, your doctor will be glad to be rid of you.
2007-12-17 10:59:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
just another example of the healthcare problem in the us
2007-12-17 10:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by bmars 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋