New doctoring ?

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rgp

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A local Cincinnati area doctor was featured on 'Full-Measure' the Sunday morning TV show.

She is straying? from the normal health insurance paid care. She does not take it. And her fees are incredibly lower. And....the big issue that got my attention is the fact / practice of spending more time with each patient...30 minutes on average. In the interview she even stated that she takes the time to actually listen to the patient's concerns .

{Something I feel is lacking}.....with the doc I see, and he and I are about to have a talk about that.

In a couple of extreme cases she even made house calls !!...when was the last time you heard of that ?

She does not except health insurance , but seems to have more than one one plan in which payment can be covered/worked out.

Maybe there is a change coming in doctor care ? I hope so , .....way over due.
 

I'm old enough to remember when doctors made House Calls, and didn't drive people to the brink of Bankruptcy. We used to have a "Medical Profession", but in recent decades that has been replaced by a "Health Care Industry"....and the primary purpose of Any industry is to Make Money. Today, a doctors office has to have a staff just to handle all the insurance company paperwork...and you Know who pays for that.

If you look up the highest paying careers on the Internet, virtually every such site lists those in the Medical profession as being the highest paid.....Here's just one example....

http://www.myplan.com/careers/top-ten/highest-paying.php
 
I think that's basically consigleire medicine where the doctor/practice is paid directly. From what I've read that type of set up will probably cost most around 3-5,000 year but that's it, no copays, premiums, deductibles etc, almost unlimited access and many test & procedures covered especially if something basic like a blood test or x ray.

http://www.nwitimes.com/niche/get-h...cle_f1e57991-6878-549d-baf3-3252c81d1610.html

It seems like I see these doctors/stories more and more.

I also see stories of people complaining that their insurance card doesn't get them into the door.

http://www.newschannel10.com/story/...he-will-not-accept-new-state-health-insurance

Why should any provider in any industry be forced to accept 'a' form of payment they don't want to.
 

Consigleire or concierge? I've heard it called concierge.

If the doctor is an excellent diagnostician who isn't wholly reliant on the latest tests and medical devices to do her thinking for her, seems to me that would be the way to fly.
 
Don M. said:
I'm old enough to remember when doctors made House Calls, and didn't drive people to the brink of Bankruptcy. We used to have a "Medical Profession", but in recent decades that has been replaced by a "Health Care Industry"....and the primary purpose of Any industry is to Make Money. Today, a doctors office has to have a staff just to handle all the insurance company paperwork...and you Know who pays for that.

If you look up the highest paying careers on the Internet, virtually every such site lists those in the Medical profession as being the highest paid.....Here's just one example....

http://www.myplan.com/careers/top-ten/highest-paying.php
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I also remember house calls. In about 1955, my sister had scarlet fever and we got quarantined (do they ever do that anymore?) and the doctor came to the house to see her. He also came to our house several times for other things, but the scarlet fever thing is the thing I remember most vividly. I think he came every day. She was very sick with an extremely high fever.
 
I remember when all health care was like this. Doctors would see and treat you for $15.00 per visit which most anyone can afford. They made house calls and new the whole family, which I'm sure must have helped in their diagnosis/treatment. Prescription drugs used to cost maybe $10.00. Health care used to be affordable before insurance got involved. It's good to know someone is making positive steps towards real affordable health care for all which does not include insurance.
 
chic said:
I remember when all health care was like this. Doctors would see and treat you for $15.00 per visit which most anyone can afford. They made house calls and new the whole family, which I'm sure must have helped in their diagnosis/treatment. Prescription drugs used to cost maybe $10.00. Health care used to be affordable before insurance got involved. It's good to know someone is making positive steps towards real affordable health care for all which does not include insurance.
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Well, one still must have insurance. Concierge service means one pays some type of annual fee and there are no deductibles, no insurance is used. But this applies only for the doc visits. The link below is a partial transcript and explanation from the show. Note that 'over 50' patients pay $2000 a year for the service.
[h=3]Outside Obamacare | Full Measure[/h]
 
As late as the 90s, my inlaws had a doctor who would come and see either of them at home if they couldn't get to his office. As a child I often remember the doctor coming to see us at home. Rgp, it would be nice if doctors didn't require health insurance and their fees were low enough where you didn't need it. I can't see that happening though, how could they afford to be on their own like that and pay their own expenses in this day and age?
 
Butterfly said:
I also remember house calls. In about 1955, my sister had scarlet fever and we got quarantined (do they ever do that anymore?) and the doctor came to the house to see her. He also came to our house several times for other things, but the scarlet fever thing is the thing I remember most vividly. I think he came every day. She was very sick with an extremely high fever.
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The same thing happened to me. Kind and gentle Doc Fritschle came visiting, sometimes more than once a day. He diagnosed me with scarlet fever but there were no lab tests. I don't have heart problems so I'm a bit skeptical that's what was wrong with me. The day before I got sick, we were inoculated against scarlet fever in the school immunization program. He thought something had gone wrong and I got the disease. I remember I had raging fevers and then I remember one night the fever finally broke and I began to get better.
 
Smiling Jane said:
The same thing happened to me. Kind and gentle Doc Fritschle came visiting, sometimes more than once a day. He diagnosed me with scarlet fever but there were no lab tests. I don't have heart problems so I'm a bit skeptical that's what was wrong with me. The day before I got sick, we were inoculated against scarlet fever in the school immunization program. He thought something had gone wrong and I got the disease. I remember I had raging fevers and then I remember one night the fever finally broke and I began to get better.
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My sis had no heart problems either, but the high fever left her with epilepsy for many years. Did your family get quarantined?
 

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