I have an infected molar from a root-canal, and I’m having much problems lately getting it professionally extracted. &@!$!*(^
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-Johnny
It didn’t hit me when reading this last week, but is that normal procedure where you live? I don’t think I’ve ever been asked for ID when going to a doctor. They’ll ask for my social security card, but it isn’t mandatory, it just makes things easier with insurance. It doesn’t make sense to me, what if you’ve lost your ID card, or forgotten to renew it, don’t you still need medical care?
When I go to the local clinic, they do ask for ID, but since I don’t like to take it with me when I’m on foot (plus, it’s expired), I typically don’t have it. And they’re okay with that.
The issue with the 3rd dental office might have been that I was a brand new patient. Then again, a couple years back, a different dental office didn’t ask for ID as a new patient, and neither did an optometrist’s office. I guess such things are up to the provider in the state I live in.
Oh, do they have those too in France?
EDIT : Godamit, the 4th place (oral surgeon) isn’t willing to accept my old ID, either. Problem is, my new passport is being worked on by a local law firm, and I have no idea when it’ll be ready.
Oh shit, I’m so sorry. Maybe I’m naive and ignorant, but that seems crazy to me, it’s not even like you have no ID document at all, it’s just out of date. It’s a dentist’s appointment, not a national security issue. If it was just for a routine check up, I’d understand, but for an infected tooth? Isn’t there duty to assist, or the Hippocratic Oath, or some crap like that? How reasonable is it to leave someone with a tooth infection just because their passport is out of date? I’m beginning to understand why you tried to pull it out yourself…
Yep, it looks like this. With a “personal number” that’s assigned at birth — or when you immigrate if you weren’t born in the country. It’s sometimes accepted as an ID document, but not always. (I’ve learned very recently that it’s accepted for voting.)