Do you guys think some doctors would go into a Concierge Practice...that is, if Concierge Practice is still legal...
If it is still legal meaning if Health Care reform compliments of Obama succeeds, I am sure it would take off. I also suspect many American Doctors take off to Costa Rica, Panama, and many other places to continue their practices to American citizens. There already is an incredible medical business environment happening in Central America. I suspect it would explode. Costa Rica has socialized medicine but they also offer other medicine via private hospitals, practices and medical insurance. An even bigger explosion in medical tourism if other care besides National care is no longer legal (with of course the exception of the special ones known as the congress, judicial and executive branch of government).
The downfall of Concierge Medicine is the limited scope that most MD’s have trained and excel in. How many of us have been to our primary care doc and after and xray or lab work get referred to someone else. The most successful Concierge practice would be one that had all the different specialties available under one practice and fee structure.
My 2c