I am a truck driver and in order to keep being one I have to keep an up to date health card every
two years. Now the cost of this usually runs about 100.00 bucks every two years but it changed
this last January.
We now have something called the Bruce protocol that the examiner has to go by. Because
I have had stent put in my heart, I now not only have to pass a physical but I have to take a stress test
at the cardiology unit in the hospital. This is not cheap and also requires a prescription from a doctor
so now we just added a office call. We are now at about 600.00 and my Doctor told me I did not need the test, and I have to do this every year.
I was applying for a job and had to have this done before
I could drive.
Treadmill Test
I could get some money back from the outfit that I am going to
work for, but that remains to be seen. Yes, I did pass.
Now for the examiner. In my area we only have one that is licensed and
he is a bone cracker and cannot order the test that has to be done.He is not
a MD so he is not really qualified to even give me the physical but he is
licensed with the feds.
This is just getting to be a joke.
Sorry, I am just unhappy with the money out, and not one letter
from anywhere telling me of the new requirements. I have been licensed
to drive a truck for 40 years.
