It’s because people fear they will be sued should someone happen to be pregnant and the medical procedure causes complications. Thus, every time a women of childbearing age needs to have a medical procedure done, she’s required to take a test. And for some reason, just being at the doctors office means that test will…

Ugh. You are totally right. Which is exactly why I use the “emergency access” button on our locked and coded Omnicell supply cabinet every time I need to grab something for a patient. Otherwise, I’d have to enter my ID number and the patient name to grab a roll of tape that I only need a piece off of to hold a 2x2…

Ugh. That is seriously the worst. About 3 years ago I was a broke student, using bare bones college-issued insurance and developed uterine polyps for the umpteenth time. Doctors kept telling me I HAD to have them removed/biopsied. I kept telling them that my insurance wouldn’t cover it and I sure as heck didn’t have…