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Does this mean I can stop stuffing my face with olives now (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You know what's fun? In the US, we still have "concierge doctors", who charge an annual fee just to have access to their offices. This is on top of the cost of insurance, assuming they accept it, and it can be thousands of dollars per year. This additional fee also lets you "skip the line", since non-concierge doctors can have a many-month wait for "new patient" appointments.

I'm so glad we don't have to worry about all those problems that come with public healthcare systems. /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

My son's pediatrician operates her practice in a "direct primary care" model, which is sort of concierge-light with a significantly lower monthly fee. There are some catches, and it doesn't replace proper insurance so I'm still paying for that on top of the monthly office fee. But on the other hand, our appointments aren't a rush-job where we get like five minutes of face-time with the pediatrician and then shuttled out the door, and we can message her any time of the day to ask "yo what's this rash" and usually get an answer (and occasionally a script for an ointment) within a half-hour, without having to go through the rigamarole of trying to get an appointment that's usually so far out you're better off waiting and hoping the problem resolves itself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

My doctor just moved and became one of those. I'm very mad at her for leaving cus she's freaking awesome.