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I chose to go back to college and enter the Social Service Paraprofessional program after spending nine long years in the medical field. I came to this decision during the last two years of my employment at a family care practice as a medical receptionist. Tha ....

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.... had a co-pay, which they needed to pay as they checked in with the receptionists. I can honestly say that this was the worst part of my job, and I know the other receptionists I worked with felt as I did. Most of the patients were quite rude about having to pay this before they even saw the doctor, but if you didn't collect this co-pay the patient would never stop to pay it on their way out of the office. They would make us feel as if we were actually pocketing this money and going to luch with it. It was so humiliating at times the ruckus they would make, because it would make the other patients that were in the waiting area stare to see what ....