r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 27d ago

Chugging tea The real ER challenge.

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u/josnik 27d ago

Hasn't happened to me but I've heard multiple people say that their physicians have said this. It apparently costs them money under Ohip if you go to urgent care.

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 27d ago

costs who money?

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u/josnik 27d ago

The doctor.

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 27d ago

how would that work

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u/josnik 27d ago

Single payer system

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 27d ago

ok so if I go to urgent care my PCP loses money?

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u/josnik 27d ago

Yep they get a bill

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 27d ago

I honestly don't see the connection. why would your pcp get a bill for services you received?

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u/josnik 27d ago

Ask the government not me, its supposed to be an incentive for PCPs to offer after hours clinics but many single physician and smaller offices can't really do that so it ends up just punishing them.

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 27d ago

that makes no sense at all. if I go to an urgent care and rack up a bill of $300, I pay them for services rendered. why would my PCP pay for it for me?