Tuesday, February 16, 2016

1,000 Strains of the Flu

We have a patient who works as a nurse practitioner in a cardiologist's office. She gets all her prescriptions for her and her family from my location. Lucky me.
Today she's in with a prescription for her daughter for Tamiflu. I fill the prescription and scan the amount into the register. $150 co-pay.

 "Oh wait, I have a coupon for that."

 She hands me the coupon. It requires activation. I ask her if she activated it.

 "No. You can do that for me," she replies.

 "Uh, no, you need to do that," I respond.

 Angrily, she stands there at the counter and uses her smart phone to activate the coupon. It took several minutes and of course people were starting to back up. She finishes. I put it in the computer and it saved her a whopping $10 off the $150 co-pay.

 I ask her why her and the family didn't get a flu shot this year.

 As she's running her card for $140 she says, "We don't get flu shots. YOU KNOW there are 1,000 different strains out there and the flu shot only covers one strain."

 I open my mouth to respond, think better of it, and instead hand her the receipt.

 "Thanks for shopping at Goofmart," I say.

 Choose your battles wisely, my friends.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2016 at 4:35 AM

    It's absolutely frightening that an NP doesn't comprehend the basic concepts related to immunity.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2016 at 11:50 AM

    It's a personal policy of mine that I never argue with idiots.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2018 at 9:28 AM

    A more accurate reply would be "we DID get the flu shot"

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2018 at 9:29 AM

    A more appropriate and accurate reply would've been "we did get the shot"

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  5. ThespiaAugust 5, 2018 at 10:10 AM

    I would never personally get a flu shot (I avoid shots at all costs), but I wouldn't argue with you about it.

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