“I think Hannity had a doctor on his radio show the other day whose practice (this doc & his partner) has gone to the concierge method of medical care with good success. I think adults are $50 a month, kids $10, seniors $100 .... unlimited visits per month.”
Out here in Californicator land, concierge medicine has been $150-$250/ month, mainly for adults.
In the past few weeks, we have heard of $850-$1000 per month in the Stanford area.
I posted about a female md, who only sees women patients, apparently going up to $20,000/year this fall. She had been getting $850 to $1,200 per month with older and sicker patients paying higher rates.
Some people have been happy with their concierge docs, and others claimed they had better care and availability with their busy fps/ims primary care docs. One woman left her fp of 30 years because he went to one day a week seeing patients. Her concierge doc didn’t return calls, shoved her off on a new FNP and basically never saw her in 6 months. She came back to her once a week doctor. She was admitted by to the local hospital by one of its ER docs for pneumonia. She was seen and treated by a hospitalist. In 3.5 days in the hospital, she never saw nor heard from her concierge doc, inspite of his office being notified by the er, hospital, hospitalist, husband, and two adult daugthers.
YMMV :-)
Ok, so a particular concierge doc isn’t earning their money - quit paying them. Folks can opt for Obamadeathcare if they think it’s a better value .... if you’re a senior, just watch out for the dirt naps that are going to be ‘prescribed’.