This year was a five year anniversary medical for me, with the usual extras added in. I have just had the pleasure of paying an exorbitant fee for a 10 minute stroll on a treadmill at a cardiologists rooms due to a high cholesterol result.
At the end of the consult, I asked the cardiologist if there is any thing I need to change in my lifestyle to help correct this problem. He replied, 'You DON'T have a problem. There is NOTHING wrong with your heart, there is NOTHING wrong with your cholesterol level, there is NOTHING wrong with your diet. There is however SOMETHING wrong with CASA; their prescriptive cut off levels for cholesterol readings are not realistic and bear no semblance to the reality of cardio vascular health threats'.
Of course, the exorbitant fee is not claimable on Medicare as it is work related.
NOT HAPPY JAN