Following are some of the beautiful reasons people give to evade payment of doctor's professional charges:
1. I am very poor, so I cannot afford you
2. I am a celebrity (and anyway have done you a favour by consulting you)
3. I dont agree with the philosophy of paying money for such a 'sacred' service
4. I work in a Government office, so I am entitled to everything and am deluded that I am being underpaid (inspite of sixth pay)
5. I am a CEO and I expect to be served
6. I am a senior citizen and would rather pay the SOTC to visit rare places on earth, so I dont have money to pay you
7. I am your relative
8. I am a doctor myself
9. I am a doctor's relative
10. I am a friend's friend
11. I am like your family member
12. I am a holy man/ astrologer/ spiritual person
13. I am your neighbour
14. I just wanted to talk to you, and find out some things. Does it amount to a consultation?
15.It will not matter to you if one person does not pay you
16. I forgot my purse
17 I went to all the faith healers/ babas/ etc and now I am broke and in a serious condition. It is your legal and moral duty to treat me, even if I cant pay you
18. I was among the first few patients you treated
19. I was your school teacher/ music teacher/ art teacher/ etc
20. You failed to save the patient, so why should we pay you?
21. Please dont bother me, ask the insurance company/ my employer/ etc to pay the bills
22. I was not satisfied with your consultation as you merely talked to me and actually did nothing (to a psychiatrist-what else should we do, actually?)
23. You delivered a female child, we wanted a male child (to a obstetrician)
24. I will surely come back and pay you (a patient caught leaving hospital secretly)
All others pay the doctor.
And also pay for the above.
As doctors have to make up for the costs of working for all these non-paying characters, the fees of paying patients get hiked.
1. I am very poor, so I cannot afford you
2. I am a celebrity (and anyway have done you a favour by consulting you)
3. I dont agree with the philosophy of paying money for such a 'sacred' service
4. I work in a Government office, so I am entitled to everything and am deluded that I am being underpaid (inspite of sixth pay)
5. I am a CEO and I expect to be served
6. I am a senior citizen and would rather pay the SOTC to visit rare places on earth, so I dont have money to pay you
7. I am your relative
8. I am a doctor myself
9. I am a doctor's relative
10. I am a friend's friend
11. I am like your family member
12. I am a holy man/ astrologer/ spiritual person
13. I am your neighbour
14. I just wanted to talk to you, and find out some things. Does it amount to a consultation?
15.It will not matter to you if one person does not pay you
16. I forgot my purse
17 I went to all the faith healers/ babas/ etc and now I am broke and in a serious condition. It is your legal and moral duty to treat me, even if I cant pay you
18. I was among the first few patients you treated
19. I was your school teacher/ music teacher/ art teacher/ etc
20. You failed to save the patient, so why should we pay you?
21. Please dont bother me, ask the insurance company/ my employer/ etc to pay the bills
22. I was not satisfied with your consultation as you merely talked to me and actually did nothing (to a psychiatrist-what else should we do, actually?)
23. You delivered a female child, we wanted a male child (to a obstetrician)
24. I will surely come back and pay you (a patient caught leaving hospital secretly)
All others pay the doctor.
And also pay for the above.
As doctors have to make up for the costs of working for all these non-paying characters, the fees of paying patients get hiked.
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