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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Telework is very helpful for people who need a lot of ongoing therapy/treatments. It allows them to minimize time off which allows them to continue working instead of taking sick leave. With telework they can take 2 hrs of sick leave then work 6 hours; with no telework they may have to take almost a full day of sick leave and not work at all. I have colleagues who will probably have to quit or go on FMLA if their RA is removed … and then we will be royally screwed because we are very short handed. [/quote]

In the past, a lot of people would choose appointment locations close to where they work, rather than close to where they live.[/quote]

Plenty of reasons for why that's not a great option.

a) there's a shortage of doctors right now in many fields - it can take months or longer to get an appointment with a practice as a new patient. And what happens when you finally make that switch, and then you get RIF-ed or your office is relocated and that practice is no longer close to where you work?

b) depending on where your office is, there may not be many options for medical care in the immediate area, especially if you are looking for a specialist.

c) I've personally noted that more and more doctors are practicing in the suburbs, rather than downtown. Doctors that I used to regularly see at their K St. offices are now at those offices one day a week or less, with the balance of their time at an office in Montgomery County.  This makes it far easier to get an appointment at their Chevy Chase or Gaithersburg location than in DC.

d) Doctors aren't interchangeable.  If you have a significant medical condition and need to see a specialist, and you find a good specialist, you want to stay with that doctor rather than switch to someone whose primary selling point is that they are the closest to your office.  In my experience, many specialists are in locations not easily accessible by public transportation - Inova, Suburban Hospital, VHC, Sibley, etc.  Assuming that one has a car but metros into work due to a lack of available parking (common for many in my office) it's a lot easier and quicker to get to those specialists by car from home than by public transportation from work.[/quote]

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