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JustABozoOnThisBus

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27. It's worse when your Doc has trainees in tow ...
Tue Sep 17, 2013, 04:44 PM
Sep 2013

Doc: "Please, students, check Mr Bozo's prostate. And be sure to thank Mr Bozo for supporting educational efforts."

Bozo: "Thanks, Doc, can I have a script for medical marijuana now?"

Doc: "No, but almost as good: here's a cook-book for things made of tofu"

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I knew that's what it was HarveyDarkey Sep 2013 #1
Don't get me wrong Denninmi Sep 2013 #4
Well me too, sometimes more often than not HarveyDarkey Sep 2013 #7
I would gladly pay.... NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2
Yikes. Denninmi Sep 2013 #3
It is brutal. For one person. That's more than my mortage. ACA will cut it in half. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #5
"$1,432/month for COBRA... " really? ConcernedCanuk Sep 2013 #13
He's already lost the employment Bunnahabhain Sep 2013 #15
I'm 62, never paid OHIP (our healthcare) a dime other than small deductions off my paychecks. ConcernedCanuk Sep 2013 #17
You might not have paid it Bunnahabhain Sep 2013 #18
" typical Canadian hubris about the state of healthcare in Canada." ConcernedCanuk Sep 2013 #19
That's your opinion. Bunnahabhain Sep 2013 #22
Thank you for the links! COBRA is a trap, if you qualify you have to use it. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #16
My last 2 'family practice' physicians have been women. trof Sep 2013 #6
Turn your head and cough, please. RushIsRot Sep 2013 #8
I cannot afford medical care I actually need, which means I don't get it... Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #9
Right.. HipChick Sep 2013 #10
That's what the doctor said... Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2013 #14
Yup, emergency or semi-emergency situations only Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #11
Good luck davidpdx Sep 2013 #12
Back when I was a Medical Assistant, one of my jobs was to serveas a chaperone Aristus Sep 2013 #20
I understand why it's done with a male HC provider and female patient. Denninmi Sep 2013 #23
The patients in questions weren't minors or anything, but they were still pretty young. Aristus Sep 2013 #25
BTW, she was really impressed with my weight loss and fitness routine. Denninmi Sep 2013 #24
Great news Bunnahabhain Sep 2013 #26
Call me sexist but I prefer female doctors Taverner Sep 2013 #21
It's worse when your Doc has trainees in tow ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2013 #27
I had that when I needed my appendix out mythology Sep 2013 #28
You knucklehead Bucky Sep 2013 #29
Really? Denninmi Sep 2013 #30
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