Wow.

I went to see the specialist that I as referred to AFTER my HMO insurance kicked in and I was told that I wasn't eligible to see her again unless I paid out of pocket.

I need to call my primary and get another referral. Both these physicians work for the same university med center and the specialist had no problem scheduling me for two procedures - until I bought my totally bitching government mandated, better-than-what-I-had-before insurance?

Thank god that the procedures/tests didn't find anything wrong, otherwise I'd be on pins and needles waiting to figure out if I was ill or had something that I really needed to have looked at.

But hey, that is what they call 'progress'?