Concierge-ish medicine

[Clodfobble]

While none of our doctors run on a specific concierge plan or have a retainer-style fee, I can tell you that nowadays I work almost exclusively with doctors who have an up-front hourly rate, during which they spend an actual hour with us, and I have direct email access to them (and they reply in a timely fashion, for free) as well as personal cellphone numbers of a couple (which are for specific purposes and I am not to abuse, but still.)

On the downside, I have to file for the insurance myself, and whether I get any reimbursement is my problem, not theirs. But this style of medical care has been a major, vast, ridiculous improvement on the mainstream model. If you know this doctor and you like him, I'd go for the plan, personally.