I would like to go to the states to receive medical assistance and get a prescription filled.
Does anyone know how willing US doctors are willing to take Canadian patients? Does anyone know of an approximate cost to visit a walk-in clinic in the states?
Any info would be great!
THANKS!!
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The Canadian forum is more geared towards Canadian cysters. Posting this question elsewhere on SC's may help you get a better response to this question.
As for you seeing a doctor in the U.S. if you are willing to pay, any doctor accepting new patients most likely will not have any issues accepting you as a patient. Just find the name of the doctor you want to meet with, call their office, find out their fees, make your appointment, show up at your scheduled time, and pay your bill .Also see if the doctor you want to meet with has a website, a few of them actually have their fees on their sites.
Believe it or not, when people come to Canada from other countries, and are willing to pay for their visits, doctors are more likely to see them over people that are insured through the provincial health systems because their fee schedules allow them to charge a significant amount more than they bill our government.
I know of many women that have travelled to worked with American reproductive endocrinologists, more often than not things worked as I mentioned above, however, every doctor and/or clinic may differ.
As for filling prescriptions written in the U.S. you will have to call a pharmacy in Ontario and find out the rules. Each province and state has different rules. Here in B.C. there was an agreement made a few years back with the Washington government that makes it easier to fill prescriptions between the two.
I'm not sure why you want to go to a walk in clinic in the U.S. over one here, as a walk in clinic is just that, a quick appointment clinic for non-emergency type issues. If you are looking for a good doctor to help address your concerns, just like here in Canada, you would be better off dealing with a specialist and because of that you will end up paying more $$$ per visit but having a competent doctor. If you are looking for treatment options not available in Canada, your wait could be over soon. There are many new treatments, and medications that are in the final testing phases and should be available in Canada soon. If you are upset about wait times here, you can always ask to be put a cancellation list or offer to pay cash per visit. Like I mentioned doctors can charge more and are often more accomodating to their cash patients.
Whatever your reasons might be, good luck with your doctor search.
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I hope you're loaded. It's probably going to cost you a fortune if you don't have supplemental medical insurance that allows for American doctor visits which aren't emergencies.
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I just went to an American walk-in clinic for the first time - I was on vacation there - because I had back spasms and an eye infection.
Well, I went to one, first, and was turned away because the medical director and nurse felt that the wait time was too long. (1 doctor had 3 patients, and another had 6. I said, "You've clearly never been to a Canadian clinic." They looked at me as though I was stupid. lol) What a joke.
Went to a second, and didn't have to wait more than 2 minutes to see a doctor. I got much better paperwork and discharge papers, and she actually ASKED me which prescriptions I wanted. What a novelty!
So I got Vicodin for the first time in my life - can you believe that with chronic back and neck pain (from whiplash), no Canadian doctor has ever given me anything more than Tylenol with codeine? For the $120 I had to pay for the visit (it'll be reimbursed, though, because I have travel insurance), it was well worth it to get a stash of 20 Vicodin pills for future flare-ups.
If you do go south of the border, do get any prescriptions filled locally, as I found that my script for antibiotics (for my eye) was not honoured in Ontario.
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Canadian Visiting the US for Medical Assistance 
