nurse practitioner: advanced nurse (almost a doctor) in good shape: healthy out of control: extreme into existence like this Healthy San Francisco one, someone like me who had zero
insurance. We had to resort to going to health centers. And, I mean there are
definitely some downsides to that. For example, if they give you an appointment
time, like let’s say they say come in tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock, you’ve got to be
there at 8 o’clock sharp. If you’re five minutes late, they are not going to admit you.
Joe: Yeah
Kristin: And then you could end up sitting there waiting for hours, even though
you’ve got this appointment time and you’re there on time.
Joe: Yeah, I’ve…
Kristin: When you’ve, when they finally do take you back then, you might not even
see a doctor; it could be a nurse practitioner.
Joe: Yeah, yeah, I’ve actually heard that, uh, the, uh, the people who work there
also, the doctors and the nurses, they just don’t provide as good a care.
Kristin: Well, no, I wouldn’t say that, I feel like it has been pretty good care, it’s just,
it’s more of an iss-, the timing, y’know, you’ve got to be there right on time. They
expect that of you. And yet you could just sit there waiting for hours once you are
there…