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Kevin & Sue,
One of the things I found totally frustrating back when I was getting first, second and third opinons on treatment is that the people scheduling appointments would tell me to be there at 1:00 p.m. when the actual appointment was not until 1:30, and the doctor was still late! Their excuse was that they wanted people there to do paperwork, which never took more than 5 minutes. I was ducking out of work on the sly to get to these appointments (At that point, I had only been in my job for 6 months, had very limited sick time, and no right to FMLA time), trying to work them in before work, during lunch hour and after hours. When I explain that I have to work for a living, I would get some eyerolling. I have become very demanding about scheduling appointments and treatments that work for ME - not them. When they tell me "your health should come first," I explain that without health insurance, I get no treatment, and without a job, I have no health insurance. What I liked about this poster was the fact that it brought home to physicians the message that compliance is contingent upon availability, and availability isn't always at the doctor's convenience.
Good luck with that excessively wealthy thing!
Hopeful
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