Doctor Office Can Drop Patients for Blogging

I am unable to get medical care from my doctor for a post that I've since deleted. They have dropped me as a patient for the blog post and offered to refer me to other doctors in the area. I hung up on the nice lady knowing this *FREE* country is, well, maybe not so free.

I'll try my old doctor's office back. I had no problems with them except that the doctor actually moved out of state and they did not find a replacement for him.

Kathy – June 23, 2008

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Put the post back up?

What was that post about? I think you should put that post back up. A company that does bad business and tries to quiet down the bad publicity, deserves all the bad publicity they can get.

jose (not verified) – Thu, 07/03/2008 – 1:04pm

It's really the original

It's really the original post above with the name stripped out and the name-calling :(

Kathy – Mon, 07/07/2008 – 4:32am

Wahoo!

Samaritan Family Health is like the best in the world. They not only took me back but squeezed me in right before the holidays. There is a doctor shortage and so it took them a while to find Dr. Olcott's replacement.

Is that why our health system is so good? Doctor shortages and hospitals that can fire you as a patient for posting information about their billing flub up? Hmmm. Does Canada do that?

Kathy – Mon, 06/23/2008 – 11:54am

Wow

How did they know you wrote a post about them?

I never liked [that place] when I lived down there. At the very least, the customer service lacked and the doctors, at least the two that I had went to had ultra poor bedside manner. You probably are better off going somewhere else.

Amadeus (not verified) – Tue, 06/24/2008 – 5:57am

They don't know 100% it is

They don't know 100% it is me but I own the domain name - it's easy to look it up. I decided long ago I wouldn't post anything that I wouldn't say in public.

Kathy – Tue, 06/24/2008 – 11:50am

Wow

How did they know you wrote a post about them? I never liked [that place] when I lived down there. At the very least, the customer service lacked and the doctors, at least the two that I had went to had ultra poor bedside manner. You probably are better off going somewhere else.

Amadeus (not verified) – Tue, 06/24/2008 – 5:57am

Dr. Olcott

I miss Dr. Olcott. He was my doctor forever then suddenly, he was gone. I still miss him. I finally got another doctor. She seems real nice. But I've only seen her twice. I knew Dr. Olcott for over a decade. I never knew why he left, just suddenly got a letter about a year ago, that he was leaving for Wisconsin. Well, I hope the best for him, since he was a very nice man.

Anonymous (not verified) – Mon, 06/23/2008 – 6:14pm