As Good as It Gets (1997)

Harold Ramis: Dr. Bettes

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• Dr. Martin Bettes : [looking over Spencer's medical records]  Have they done blood tests on him?

  Carol Connelly : [laughs bitterly]  Yeah.

  Dr. Martin Bettes : Only in the emergency room or when he was well?

  Carol Connelly : Emergency room only.

  Dr. Martin Bettes : Okay. And how about skin testing for allergies?

  Carol Connelly : No.

  Dr. Martin Bettes : [looks up]  No standard scratch test, they poke him with a needle...?

  Carol Connelly : No. I asked, they said my plan didn't cover it and that it wasn't necessary anyways. Why, should they have?

  Dr. Martin Bettes : Well...

  [pause] 

  Carol Connelly : Fucking HMO bastard pieces of shit!

  Beverly Connelly : Carol!

  Carol Connelly : [smiles sheepishly]  I'm sorry.

  Dr. Martin Bettes : It's okay. Actually, I think that's their technical name.

• Dr. Martin Bettes : My wife is Melvin Udall's publisher. She said that I was to take excellent care of this little guy because you are urgently needed back at work. What kind of work do you do?

  Carol Connelly : I'm a waitress.

  Beverly Connelly : In Manhattan.