I needed to call my Doctor's office to get my cholesterol value for the previous post. I first asked them if they could fax me my last blood test, but they said they don't do that because it's "cost prohibitive."
A family practitioner makes about $147,000 per year. Figure at least double that for overhead, maybe triple or more. And they can't afford to fax me something?
Assuming that my doctor isn't just a wacko, there's probably a reason for this. Little things like this must really eat into his revenue. Still, you'd think that they would be able to expend the money as a courtesy. I've had smaller businesses spend more money on me. There must also be very little incentive in the doctoring business to provide these kinds of little services to customers.
