After much studying it and opinion gathering, I have decided to quit my primary care and go virtual. I’m sick of being nagged about not taking my vaccinations, my weight, being told I’m responsible for spreading covid variants, etc.
My insurance, through P&G and United Healthcare, are pushing virtual visits for healthy people with zero copay. I can use UHC’s virtual doctors or Teladoc. I can do video chat with a doctor, have lab work ordered at CVS MinuteClinic, and even get urgent care if applicable. I’m 68 and my only prescriptions are for seasonal asthma (inhaler) and my thyroid med for hypothyroidism. I haven’t been sick enough to see any doctor in over 15 years when I had bronchitis. My insurance company says that healthy people should do virtual visits to keep the healthy out of doctor’s offices and from being exposed to sick people. I’m NOT getting vaxed just to be able to see a doctor in person twice a year just for them to do labs and tell me I’m healthy.
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I’m the other way round; I don’t like virtual.
End of Nov I got a call from someone saying “Hello (my name), this is (front desk lady’s name) from Dr (Medicare Dr’s last name)’s office; please call xxx-xxx-xxx to set up your Medicare plan”.
The phone number they gave was different from the Dr’s real number, so I called the real number and got the front desk lady and asked her if she had just called.
She said she didn’t, and I told her about the call I had received, and that it looked like her computer system had been compromised, since the caller had both my name and hers, plus the Medicare Dr’s last name.
She didn’t seem worried at all.
I never used the patient portal in the past, and certainly won’t use it now and in future.