Center Health Care Rights
Second Opinions When It Comes To Military Health Care?
The other day I had an appointment at the clinic for chest pain and a few things that go with it. I received a medical diagnosis from my dip shit PCM that I am 100% unsure about:
Piercing chest pain, sometimes on the right, sometimes in the center + a light shortness of breath + a crushing feeling + a dull ache (on occasion) when I breathe = heartburn?
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When it comes to the military health care system – Are military spouses allowed to seek second, even third opinions from other doctors if we are not satisfied or unsure about a diagnosis given by the assigned PCM?
How would I go about doing this?
I live in Germany, I don’t exactly want to go on the economy.
Another mil. doctors opinion or two is fine with me.
You can speak with the patient advocate and get another appointment with a different doc. You do have that right. Also, if you don’t like the care you are recieving from said PCM on a consistent basis then you can request a change of PCM. That said, you can only do that once. Ex… you request a change. Get new PCM. Don’t like him. Nothing you can do. However… you request a change. Get new PCM. He PCS’s or deploys and you are assigned a new PCM. Don’t like him… then you can request a change. Make sense?
Do go back and request a second opinion. I’ve had to do that a couple of times…. and both times I was justified and proven right.
Paul Farmer: Rethinking Health and Human Rights