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Why is it so taboo for me to own a medical card?

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  • 10-10-2019 10:25am
    #1
    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭


    I don't remember how I got mine nor do I know how one applies for a card.

    But I've had a few friends and colleagues over the years find out I have one and give me a dirty look or begrudgingly tell me to take advantage of it if I need a prescription.

    Comments like "at least you have a f*cking medical card, I'm not entitled one" get thrown around a lot.

    My renewed one just came through the door today, and it reminded me - hence this thread.

    What is this taboo I'm seeing towards me, and I suppose others, who own a medical card?

    (since this is the After Hours forum, I anticipate the first reply to be the cleverest)


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    #2
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Any chance you live in on one side of the boarder and work on the other?

    http://borderpeople.info/a-z/healthcare-for-frontier-workers.html who knows after Brexit?


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    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    my3cents wrote: »
    Any chance you live in on one side of the boarder and work on the other?
    I live in Tramore.
    my3cents wrote: »
    http://borderpeople.info/a-z/healthcare-for-frontier-workers.html who knows after Brexit?
    Whoa, I never said I worked near or across any border?


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    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »
    I live in Tramore.

    That would be a long commute :D


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    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    I edited my first reply there./


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Why would you be telling anyone you have one....

    You obviously fit the bill to be given one....


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    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    I don't have one but it was my understanding you had to summit information to requalify when the old card expired.


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    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Plenty of well off people have one, namely wealthy pensioners


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    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


    Do you need one op? Would you be forced to go without medical care if you didn't have one?

    There are plenty on low income jobs that rightly have a medical card.


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    gwalk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭gwalk


    fecking foreigners coming here and taking our medical cards

    go back to your NHS


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    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »
    I live in Tramore.


    Whoa, I never said I worked near or across any border?

    But its a way of getting a medical card that a lot of people don't know about.


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    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Why would you be telling anyone you have one....

    Comes up in conversation under context. I have a lot of friends who give out about the HSE lol
    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Plenty of well off people have one, namely wealthy pensioners

    Well I'm a part time janny at the moment so, maybe that has something to do with it?


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    People get jealous over the strangest things. I go to the doctors once, maybe twice, a year.

    If someone I know was a medical card “recipient” I would just assume there’s a reason for it. If there’s no reason I would hold my indignation for the system not the card holder.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


    my3cents wrote: »
    But its a way of getting a medical card that a lot of people don't know about.

    I'm listening, go on..


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    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    gwalk wrote: »
    fecking foreigners coming here and taking our medical cards

    go back to your NHS

    I know. Shocking.


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    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Peatys wrote: »
    I'm listening, go on..

    Just follow the link above.


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    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    People get jealous over the strangest things. I go to the doctors once, maybe twice, a year.

    If someone I know was a medical card “recipient” I would just assume there’s a reason for it. If there’s no reason I would hold my indignation for the system not the card holder.

    Rarely go to the doctor myself but the 60 euro fee makes you aware that maybe it's just a headcold and not ebola.


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    How does anyone even know you have one?


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    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    super_furry wrote: »
    How does anyone even know you have one?

    As I said it just comes up in conversation,
    like a passing comment within the context of the conversation I'm having with someone..

    ..or if I vent about a pain I have, someone'll tell me "d'ya have a medical card?" I say yeah then they say "well f*ckin put it to use then and go to the doctor, don't be complaining when you have a card"

    That kind of comment ^

    P.S. keep in mind these are family and friends I talk to not complete strangers I complain about the weather to in the street..


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Rarely go to the doctor myself but the 60 euro fee makes you aware that maybe it's just a headcold and not ebola.

    To be honest with you, if I’m going it’s because I need antibiotics and want a “sick note”.

    If the doc doesn’t agree I’m looking at a full physical and I’ll be “backing into” that finger to teach them a lesson.

    I once had a young doctor give me a “sick note” that didn’t cover the Friday, was in on a Tuesday so got Tuesday to Thursday. I was not impressed.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    To be honest with you, if I’m going it’s because I need antibiotics and want a “sick note”.

    If the doc doesn’t agree I’m looking at a full physical and I’ll be “backing into” that finger to teach them a lesson.

    I once had a young doctor give me a “sick note” that didn’t cover the Friday, was in on a Tuesday so got Tuesday to Thursday. I was not impressed.

    Quotitis is clearly viral so, and can't be cured by antibiotics.


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    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,615 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    To be honest with you, if I’m going it’s because I need antibiotics and want a “sick note”.

    If the doc doesn’t agree I’m looking at a full physical and I’ll be “backing into” that finger to teach them a lesson.

    I once had a young doctor give me a “sick note” that didn’t cover the Friday, was in on a Tuesday so got Tuesday to Thursday. I was not impressed.

    Well that escalated quickly, from a sick note to anal probing :eek:


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    #23
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,024 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Emmet, I think we can all agree that you are a sick individual - will the boss take boardsies' word for it?


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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    ...If the doc doesn’t agree I’m looking at a full physical and I’ll be “backing into” that finger....

    That's all fine and well unless you can see both of the furty ducker's hands while this "finger" business is going on... :eek:


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Well that escalated quickly, from a sick note to anal probing :eek:

    It’s about getting your money’s worth, M. If I’m paying €60 to be told I won’t be getting any “certified” time off work I’ll be sure to get a prostate exam or my balls checked.

    The doc will learn fast enough how things should go in future. I mean, what sort of monster wouldn’t give you three days and a weekend included in the “sick note”?

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #26
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    Aren't you Scottish OP? Just another example of blow in chancers on the take.


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    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »
    I live in Tramore.


    Whoa, I never said I worked near or across any border?

    Living in Tramore! I understand why you might need one


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    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    It’s about getting your money’s worth, M. If I’m paying €60 to be told I won’t be getting any “certified” time off work I’ll be sure to get a prostate exam or my balls checked.

    The doc will learn fast enough how things should go in future. I mean, what sort of monster wouldn’t give you three days and a weekend included in the “sick note”?

    When needing a sick note, never once has a doctor done more than look in my direction.


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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    I don't have one but it was my understanding you had to summit information to requalify when the old card expired.

    No, I’ve received new ones in the last few years without reapplying.


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    moonage
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭moonage


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    It’s about getting your money’s worth, M. If I’m paying €60 to be told I won’t be getting any “certified” time off work I’ll be sure to get a prostate exam or my balls checked.

    Yes, and if it's an attractive lady doctor it's win-win!


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    #31
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    moonage wrote: »
    Yes, and if it's an attractive lady doctor it's win-win!

    Cheap too for €60 :pac:


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