Those days are coming back. Just not for everyone. When doctors dump Medicare/Ocare and all forms of insurance and go on a cash-only basis, doctors won't have patients. They'll have clients. The best doctors will cherry pick the well-heeled paying customers and the rest of us can go to CattleCare. It's the only way they'll make money and do what they really want to do - treat patients.
Until this is made illegal by the liberals.