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Janet

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> On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 10:05:45 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> > >
> > > On 4/30/2021 11:08 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > On 30/04/2021 15:43, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 10:26:18 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>> Badges? Badges? We don't need no steenking badges!
> > > >>
> > > >>> Heh! At we didn't get anything except a leaflet of information.
> > > >>> The details will have gone to our doctors though!
> > > >>
> > > >> Americans don't necessarily have a doctor. I was assigned one
> > > >> by my insurance a couple of years ago, but I've never seen him.
> > > >> I was just about to find a different one (closer to my home), but
> > > >> then COVID hit so I hunkered down.
> > >
> > > The last few times I've needed a doctor, I goto one of those minor
> > > emergency places. "Doctors on Call" was one. They are open 7 days a week
> > > and no appointments necessary. First come, first serve.
> > >
> > > They charge the same as regular doctors without waiting for an appointment.
> >
> > But do they have access to the patient's medical
> > history and records?
>
> People who don't have a GP don't have a medical history, as such.

So when Gary goes to an emergency place, do the doctors
treating him have no access to any of his previous scans,
xrays or test results at another facility

> My medical history for the last 40 years is a series of sporadic blood
> panels for glucose, A1C, cholesterol (and it's buddies) that are consistently
> unremarkable. No illnesses, accidents, or hospital visits.
>
> > My GP doctor has online access to my medical records
> > going back decades, either at GP or from every hospital
> > that's treated me.
> > I don't get billed for any of my consults or treatments.
>
> You pay for them, just not on a per-visit basis.

Nor on any medical basis at all. I've no idea what my
lifetime healthcare cost.

Janet UK