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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had no idea people in DC were getting hustled into paying a $2k concierge fee for a primary care provider. That's pretty sad.[/quote]

I live in DC and have no problem finding doctors who aren’t part of concierge practices.

Also just because a practice doesn’t *take* insurance doesn’t mean that insurance won’t *pay.*. Drs are just tired of the paperwork. We have a doctor than one person in our family uses but who doesn’t take insurance. They give us the right documentation and I can either mail it in or scan it and get reimbursed. [/quote]

I’m a new transplant to the area.

Trying to find a PCP that actually takes new patients is hellacious.  It is all concierge.  Or you are funneled into seeing a nurse practitioner.  Sorry, no offense, but I want to see a doctor, not a nurse practitioner.  Your insurance website can list all the PCPs they want that supposedly hake your insurance, but have you actually tried to be a new patient recently?  They never call you back. Or they’re full and no longer take new patients.  Or the only ones left have horrible reviews.

You are being herded like cattle more and more to concierge docs, because they’re the only real MD PCPs left who are decent and still take patients.  You just gotta be a wealthy elitist now for access. [/quote]

You sound like an elitist for dissing NPs.

I decided to switch to seeing NPs becuase it was taking over 2 months to get an appointment with my PCP that I had been with for over 10 years.  I absolutely believe those that are frustrated that health insurance palns fail to set folks up with a physician that will see them in a timely way.  I'm sure they could use technology that would show the scheudles for all their available doctors in an area and help members get set up with that doctor, but for some reason they act like it's impossible and instead members have to call and call and call to track down a PCP.

ANyway, I decided to instead go with One MEdical which costs $200 per year and uses NPs.  They have a great app that shows the availability of NPs and their locations.  Very easy to use.

Plus I feel like the NP is actually better than my PCP-- takes more time and listens to be and asks questions beyond just the exact reason I scheduled the visit.

I encourage you to reconisder your take that NPs are "less than" PCPs-- my NP is just as able to refer me to a specialist as a PCP.

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And you sound like a pretentious dbag who makes grand assumptions regarding someone’s health whom you have never even met in real life.  How do you know I don’t t have very complicated medical issues and a rare disease?  NPs are ok for cuts and bruises. When things are more complex, I want a doctor please.

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