Question by Spreedog: A “tumor hunt clinic” for teens. Good idea ?
I only ask questions when I want your opinions. Other things I can look up myself.
A walk in clinic for teens or other age groups who think they have a malignant disease.
I would not need to pay a nurse. One receptionist is all. No referral needed.
A CBC machine to rule out leukemias. Small office space. Low overhead.
I would just do physical exams and order necessary tests to prove that people
did not have cancer. I wouldn’t have to pay for expensive chemotherapy drugs.
If I ever found a real cancer, I could refer the person for treatment.
No night call. No one would die. I would not have to give anyone chemotherapy.
The charge would be $ 100 which is what I charged when I was in oncology practice.
It would be an out of pocket expense since third party payers probably would not pay.
It’s the “Doc in a Box” concept geared to oncology. What do you think ? ?
My friends, I am only kidding. Not making fun of cancer patients – ever. Making fun a bit of hysterical teens. Terrific comments though. What is sad is that so many teens cry “wolf” that some with real disease ‘might’ not be taken seriously. Like Panda’s son. There are teens who do develop cancers. Not nearly as many as think they have malignancies. Denmark is ahead of us. No surprise there JLI.
For “N” Teens in the U.S. do come up with $ 100 quite often. $ 100 today is like $ 20 was to me in 1970. A date – dinner and a movie – comes close to $ 100 these days. Movies were 25 cents and popcorn 10 cents when I was a teen. But my clinic is a hoax. Just thinking. Always thinking

Best answer:

Answer by Tarkarri
Spree, you would make a fortune!

And the best part is you wouldn’t have to deal with people who were actually sick, just slightly hysterical.

Answer by Flatpaw
I’m embarrassed to admit my first thought was ‘what would your insurance think about this?’

Ah, the world we live in… 😉

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