Tag: health care

How NOT to Fix a Broken Arm, Part 5

The journey ends!!

Staples in your arm to close the wound!

So we have reached the end! The operation is done and a metal piece has been placed in my arm and rehab starts. I could not embed this last video blog, but the link below will take you there with no problem.

Thank you for following me on this health journey of frustration and corporate mishandling. I hope I get my arm and hand back. Time will only tell.

Corporate villain here is AltaMed! I plan to bash them every chance I get. BROKEN ARM = 37 DAYS before operation! 4 WEEKS BEFORE REHAB STARTS. This the level of care that I get for 800 dollars a month for my policy. WTF? This system needs to be fixed.

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INDIA NEXT!

Giant Budda Head outside the Indian National Muesum in Mumbai

How NOT to Fix a Broken Arm, Part 4

New stories of stupidly run health care in LA!

The operation was successful, but it did not stop my medical group from continuing to screw up right till the last minute! If it was not happening to me, it would be funny. You would not believe this stuff if was in a movie script.

new stories of stupidly run health care in LA!

Coming soon- India!

How NOT to Fix a Broken Arm, Part 3

Finally, some good news for once.

This is the third installment of how a medical group in LA screwed up my broken arm repair. We finally get good news and great service from two doctors and their staffs. I passed my EKG which allows me to proceed with my operation, and I got an operation date. The surgery is pretty major and has a possibility of not working, but it is the only chance to get full range of motion back in my arm.

Radial head bone fracture
Device that replaces the radial head

How NOT to Fix a Broken Arm, Part 2

The true story of how it took 37 days for my doctors to fix my broken arm, and I HAVE insurance.

I broke my arm on August 17, and 37 days later, my medical provider and insurance company allowed me to have the operation that my arm required to begin healing.

This particular series is not about travel at all. It is about the incredibly terrible care that my medical group, Altamed provided to me during this time. This is frustrating, upsetting, and ultimately baffling as to how this mediocre level of care is even possible in a large city like Los Angeles that has 1000’s of doctors competing for business and patients.

I am aware that not everyone wants to see someone rant about bad healthcare. But this my blog and just like all my travel stories are about my trips, this series is about my health.

Thank you if you read this far.

How NOT to Fix a Broken Arm, Part 1

The true story of how it took 37 days for my doctors to fix my broken arm, and I HAVE insurance.

On August 17, I broke my left elbow at the radius head. A very bad break for which there is no way to set it. The video that follows is the first in a series of how my insurance company and medical group completely screwed up my care. Bad doctors, terrible customer service, and no one seeming to care if my arm got fixed or not – it all had to be done by a system of rules that seem to change everyday.

This blog is about trips – usually travel trips – well this is a trip into the horror of American health care. BEWARE!!! It is very scary!! 






How NOT to Fix a Broken Arm, Part 1