RE: “A system that prevents sickness, promotes wellness and reduces overall costs.”
This is such a scam.
We are basically talking about a once a year appointment where a nurse will take your vitals.
Then, you will have a 15 minute chat with a doctor you have never met before who will counsel you about weight, smoking, diet, exercise, in other words, the same things your Mom and Dad talked to you about when you were a little kid.
If you actually have symptoms of a potential disease, you will need to make a new appointment (probably a month or more in the future) and come back for a real examination!
The number of people who will be diagnosed at an early cost saving stage of some disease will be ridiculously small.
And, 95% of the people who feel healthy will never schedule a “prevention” appointment at all.
Ya think?
I know this will become more invasive and you will be required to meet health goals, or else.
A friend had a 6 month checkup after a skin cancer procedure that went well. The hospital is 45 miles away, the weather was frigid and the patient is 88. She called to reschedule and they tried to make her appointment another 3 months out. Since she has a new skin cancer concern she wants checked out, she demanded an earlier appointment. She finally got one for 1 month out.
She sees a huge turnover in Dermatologists at this hospital, as well. A new specialist every appointment.
My doctor has been doing that all along. I take 3 meds that are low grade meds but one is a pain killer. Every year before he will renew the scrip I have to go in and we have a ‘conversation’. I would be totally surprised if most doctors don’t do that without being ordered to.