Healthcare over reach!

[Kracken McGraw]

this is no joke but my last medicare wellness check on the the form with all the questions one was are you sexually active?what buisness is that of theirs.

It makes no sense.

 

[Kevin1990]

Some people here have drank to much of the kool-aid already. When you say "they are just doing their job" is bullshit!! Just like "they were just doing their job" during covid and scaring everyone and you are going to die if you don't! Its more like we are going to lose our jobs if we don't do what the government, cdc and who ever else says. Instead they should have pushed back and stood up and said prove to us this is safe and we will push it. Instead they rolled over and the general public has payed the price. Especially the older generations. When they seal records for 75 years fuck you I'm not taking it.

You pretty much nailed it. Shit like this is why I'll never trust the healthcare system again.

 

[charlie b]

The health care system is a great example of what happens when the government tries to help.

Each of the questions targets a specific issue seen in people's lives. An abused woman who would never bring it up may actually respond to a question by the worker. The sex question is for Hepatitis screening, although the question is worded poorly, eg, does sexually active mean with a wife or does it mean multiple partners? Feeling safe in the home

Guns is one of those liberal things. They have successfully refused CCW to those with mental conditions so saying you own a gun and have had counseling for any reason raises a flag.

Then there are the Medicare wellness check 'exercises', eg, memory tests.

And, yes, the end result of all this is a lot of dumb questions that rarely help anything. The leftist reasoning comes to mine...."If it saves even one life it is worth it."

Remember..."I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

 

[AccelR8]

We've never been asked but I've told my wife, if ever asked "Are there guns in your home?" the answer is always no.

I wound up being hospitalized for 4 days, quite unexpectedly, and I was wearing a USAMU tee shirt when I went in. After admission a Doctor who came to my room to see me noticed the shirt and told me she was a Range Safety Officer and Match Director at her range. Also, a nurse noticed and struck up a conversation about shooting and such. She was a hunter. She and her husband were going on a hunting trip the following week.

 

[AccelR8]

"Such as how many pairs of colored drawers do I have! "

Oh, half a dozen Woodland Camo and a few MARPAT Desert...

 

[jpjulian]

I got tired of the asinine questions every time I went for a check-up. I told the nurse to stop asking stupid questions. Should she continue to ask them I would feel offended, and when I feel offended I get angry, and when I get angry I get ugly..... and she did not wish to see me get ugly. The questions stopped and were never asked again. Now I see a new doc and I'm going to need to go through that nonsense again......

 

[snert]

Laast time I was in NY and had a test and I had to sign in at the hospital. They asked me my Gender. I refused to answer. They wanted to know what to call me and what pronouns to use. I wrote on the form that my pronouns were "I AM" and that I was triune. I prefered to be called by my name, Almighty Godd (doubble D).
I was kinda pissed that the intake nurse refused to look at me after that and when they called me in for my colonoscopy I was called by my given name, not my prefrred name. I really wanted that waiting room to know that Almighty Godd was getting his pooper examined.

It was a fun exercise in challenging the BS...and I learned that thre are religious bigots everywhere. Not one of those leftists would have the integrity to stick with the delusion and call me my preferred name. It proved to me that it is a convenient tool to further an agenda, but it is simply not beleived, even by them.

Resist the BS.

 

[ronsatspokane]

this is no joke but my last medicare wellness check on the the form with all the questions one was are you sexually active?what buisness is that of theirs.

Had that question asked at a physical therapist office. The correct answer would be to answer that question with another question: Is that an offer?

Had the question asked if I had firearms a number of years back. I new that the doc asking the question was armed to the teeth. Correct answer: No.

As far as the color of underwear, never been asked that question. My answer would be: why yes, there are some on the laundry hamper, would you like to smell them?

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

Why put words in my mouth? Never said that. However, if a nurse comes into my home and starts asking personal questions about firearms and other sensitive topics I'll show them the door. That's a big difference from a made up scenario that rarely happens


Here's a little portion from a study on this very topic of child abuse reporting in hospitals

"In a recent systematic review of child-abuse screening tools, many such tools exist, but “none … achieved an adequate level of evidence” for abuse"

Here is another portion of a study on elderly abuse reporting:

For older or vulnerable adults (abuse by caregivers, neglect, etc.), the USPSTF concluded the evidence is insufficient to know whether screening (with no recognized signs) leads to reduced abuse, harm or mortality.

If someone comes in who clearly looks abused, sure ask some questions, but it's not your job. You are their to treat and release, and evidence shows that what you do helps nothing and can actually cause more harm than good.

However, let's go with what you said and a child comes in with bruises. Who is an RN to interpret anything? I had bruises all over me when I was a kid. Better yet, let's say a child is anemic, and comes in with bruises and you don't believe the parent. What do you do—call the police and let the government take control, yeah, no thanks.

you literally said yourself "the nurse doesn't need to know if someone in the house is beating him".

And yeah it actually is my job, as an RN we are a mandated reporter for suspected abuse. I could lose my license if I didn't.

Not gonna argue with you any further

 

[M-61]

My personal favorite is "do you feel safe in your home?"

That is a leading question.

 

[Kevin1990]

you literally said yourself "the nurse doesn't need to know if someone in the house is beating him".

And yeah it actually is my job, as an RN we are a mandated reporter for suspected abuse. I could lose my license if I didn't.

Not gonna argue with you any further

The nurse visiting his house doesn't need to know...that's correct. Also, no its not your job to pry. If you work in a hospital setting as an RN your job duties are fairly limited on what you can and cannot do with patients. Also, I think what you said is a perfect example of what many people here have said "I'm just doing my job." as if that makes something wrong okay, and to continue it. Like I said the data does not support what you do, and remember what they told us for 2 years straight "trust the science." Not just the science you like.

 

[M-61]

Some of the silly questions are to protect you

From what?

 

[M-61]

when the government tries to help

That’s the real red flag. They never helped anyone, except to an early death.
If they screwed that up and have the V. A.
That gives every veteran a second chance to die for his country.

 

[Jeff Porter]

My wife and I recently started Medicare and Aetna part B called and wanted to schedule a home health visit. My wife said we are fit and in good health and had both had seen our doctors and had clean physicals in the past 6 months. They were insistent that they needed to come for the check and make sure we would get all that we were eligible for. The wife said no thanks. More condescensions from the caller who says they are there to help us. Wife has had enough and says “ if you want to help, meet me at my barn tomorrow morning and help me muck four stalls and the chicken coop, otherwise I don’t need your help !” That ended the call.

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

The nurse visiting his house doesn't need to know...that's correct. Also, no its not your job to pry. If you work in a hospital setting as an RN your job duties are fairly limited on what you can and cannot do with patients. Also, I think what you said is a perfect example of what many people here have said "I'm just doing my job." as if that makes something wrong okay, and to continue it. Like I said the data does not support what you do, and remember what they told us for 2 years straight "trust the science." Not just the science you like.

No, its not our job to pry information out of people. but there is absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever with simply asking someone if they feel safe at home and if they are being abused or being taken advantage of. You are twisting this into some ridiculous way that it doesn't need to be.

This thread here is making it seem like healthcare professionals are weaponizing screening questions as a means to invade your personal life and take away your rights and I promise you that is not happening...

 

[MS50]

No, its not our job to pry information out of people. but there is absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever with simply asking someone if they feel safe at home and if they are being abused or being taken advantage of. You are twisting this into some ridiculous way that it doesn't need to be.

This thread here is making it seem like healthcare professionals are weaponizing screening questions as a means to invade your personal life and take away your rights and I promise you that is not

Thank you Braxton. As a retired healthcare professional, I'm happy to see that the care I now receive has moved from crisis management to wellness and prevention. I'm happy to answer any and all questions. Healthcare workers have better things to do with their time than report my responses to entities that may be a threat to me.

 

[timeout]

My personal favorite is "do you feel safe in your home?"

Of course, I have my two friends, "Smith and Wesson".

 

[ebb]

I've had some healthcare professionals that I thought needed the Nobel prize, and some that needed a good spanking. My daughter is the charge nurse at the oncology unit at JFK hospital. They admitted me there after some issues with Monjaro, and she took my credit card telling me someone might steal it. It was all the ruse to keep me there. Uber will not come if you have no credit card. I had one Health care professional ask if i had guns in the house, and I was unaware these questions would be asked as a rule. I asked if he was going to send someone to steal them while i was undergoing the procedure. Never even phased him right on the next question.

 

[titus123]

If your are on Medicare, they are forced to ask those questions by Medicare. If they don't ask, they will not receive full compensation. It's totally an insurance thing.

You are correct. Got to love the total compensation counseling requirements lol.

 

[Syncrowave]

At my local doctor's office, they give you a tablet to answer all those nosey questions.

I'd gone through the interrogation two years earlier, so I knew what the tablet "survey" was all about, so I ignored it. When the doctor finally stepped into the examination room and saw I hadn't completed the survey, he commented, "Haven't finished it yet, huh?" to which I replied, "I never started it."

"My 'pronouns' haven't changed since the last time I went through it, so I figured you knew all you needed."