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Posted on 12/05/2025 7:14:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Concierge doctor
RE: Concierge doctor
How much would that be?
My Dr dropped Medicaid patients years ago
I can usually get in next day, if not the same day if I call early
Almost no wait time
Small rural town, but but just 15 miles to any specialist you can name
Be a mojado and go to the local ER?
My annual Physical is ALWAYS with my PCP.
I just lucked out in my selection of Doctors.
We have a service in our town...they will take you to medical appointments, bank, hairdresser.....really worth it during the winter...and they wait for you and take you home...all for $5.
Not that long time ago, before Obamacare, there were practically no waiting lines.
The Obamacare practically introduced European model of Healthcare into US. Most people have insurance, but the insurance is kind of useless.
If you want to see a doctor soon, you have to pay a lot!
Otherwise, you may have to wait a lot, sometimes too long, so the healthcare may not even be necessary.
Hopefully you have good funeral coverage.
Few people I know died waiting for care!
The best PCP I ever had deserted me.
First, he answered the call of New Zealand in 2018. Went there for a year and took the family. Got paid a boatload of money, visited the Hobbiton set and more.
When he returned, he got his Sports Medicine Board Cert. and moved 110 mile away in 2020.
“Most people have insurance, but the insurance is kind of useless.”
My insurance is very useful.
“If you want to see a doctor soon, you have to pay a lot!”
I pay zero to see a doctor.
“Otherwise, you may have to wait a lot, sometimes too long, so the healthcare may not even be necessary.”
I have never had to wait a lot for needed treatment.
Also, do all of the above while foggy from some illness.
Total BS. In AZ where we now live and NY where we used to live, I can get same day primary care and 3 to 30 day specialty care. Not a crises from my prospective.
“For many, walk-in clinics have replaced family medicine.“People have started to accept that,” “
YES! I walked into our medical group’s walk in clinic, (same medical group as my doctor only a different facility closer to my house)
Saw a medical professional, right away. (I had a very painful/infected cyst). The medical professional said the on staff surgeon was there today, she would check to see if I could get in to see her. (same building/different floor)
I saw the surgeon right away, she operated right there and then. (local anesthesia) Got a prescription for anti-biotics and was on my way. Total time (I didn’t time it) about 1 1/2 hours.
They decided to only charge me for one co-pay.
I also got an appointment with this surgeon for an additional surgery (local A) the following Tuesday for the removal of a different type of cyst in a different place on my body.
With this kind of service, why would I wait 3 weeks to see MY doctor.
Hmmmm I can get GP appointment in less than a week as a Medicare Advantage patient.
Don’t they have urgent care offices? Most people think to run to the emergency room first, but I’ve always assumed that urgent care was there to keep people from using emergency rooms, and also to be used instead of making an appointment with a doctor. If the urgent care staff consider the condition serious, they can then refer them to the emergency room, or make an appointment with a doctor for them, and perhaps get that person an earlier appointment. There are a couple of urgent care offices in my small city, as well at the next city 15 miles away. I’ve never used them. I’ve fractured my right knee, my left wrist twice, and my right foot most recently, but never went to the emergency room for any of them. In each one of those injuries, I waited at least two weeks to call a doctor’s office about them, waiting to see if it would go away on their own, so if I have to wait a while to see someone, it’s no big deal to me, because I put making an appointment off myself.
Yes. Diagnostic tests could be scheduled within a day or two, now they can be weeks out.
Obamacare - change you can see.
Not a very diverse group in the picture. No fatties, no blacks, no men, no elderly or even middle aged.
@$1200 annually
Maybe in Texas?
Here, the waiting lists are terrible.
So bad, I had to sign for concierge service.
That adds $2000+ to my yearly medical bill, but it is worth every penny of it!
Waiting for neurologist 6 months minimum.
Dermatologists 4 months minimum.
Cancer care at least a month, maybe two (know when friend got cancer).
My best friend and few others I know died waiting for medical help!
So your insurance is useless, if you happened to die while waiting for care!!!
Yes, I friend of mine is waiting now for over 2 months for HEART test!!!
Hopefully she will not going to die?!
Like I said, she would be not the first of my friends and acquittances who died just like that!
Even better is a Teledoc sort of option, where you stay home and get someone within an hour. They can do blood test orders for physicals and other conditions, too.
You can even get prescriptions from Teledoc for longer term stuff.
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