"1"^^ . "2"^^ . "2010-09-24T00:00:00"^^ . "11"^^ . . . "4"^^ . "Today I spent 30 minutes on the phone typing 1 for the next menu and the next one and the next one, before I got a live person. Once I finally did, I asked how much office visits generally run, and the woman said she doesn't know because she only handles appointments at that office. She asked where I lived to find the closest office near me, and said the Southeast one was closest. Fine. She puts me on hold for another 5 or 6 minutes, comes back and tells me that the first available appointment is on November 4th. I said \"I could be dead by then.\" I asked her if she could refer me to a place I could just go to today. She said she only knew about Southwest. I said, \"So when you get sick you wait a month an a half to get treated too?\" She explained how that's because I'm a new patient. So apparently it's only the new patients they let die. The ones who've already given them money they treat more quickly. Awesome.\n\nI ended up going to UMC Sunset Quick Care...which was AWESOME.\n\nMy suggestion: Take your business and your hacking cough to UMC Sunset, where they actually care about you and take care of you at the time that you need it."^^ . .