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Direct Primary Care might be a good place to start: https://www.dpcare.org/ https://www.dpcare.org/ I gave it a try last fall, and the difference is night and

Direct Primary Care might be a good place to start: https://www.dpcare.org/ https://www.dpcare.org/ I gave it a try last fall, and the difference is night and day: my current Dr actually works for me, whereas the last one very obviously worked for my insurance company. Rereading your post, this is exactly what you want. He had me do a whole bunch of tests right off the bat and set about optimizing different things. His job is to keep my body working well, and he takes it seriously. In-network docs are, in my experience, mainly about hitting arbitrary metrics imposed by insurance companies.

c-linkage 4y ago
This is awesome! The questions is why is zero advertising for this kind of service? Looking at the website I've found two providers near me, so I'm definitely going to check it out.
- electric_mayhem 4y ago
  It’s hard to get the message out in the face of the marketing dollars behind the established system. I pay my dr like $80/mo and it’s a bargain. Having a dr whose interests are genuinely aligned with mine has been life-changing.
rcpt 4y ago
I use one to and it's absolutely great.
mr337 4y ago
Highly recommend this as I have one to. The issue though is there are limits as to what they can do. If you have an issue that is above their capabilities you'll be referred to a specialist. This is the part that stinks as then you'll be bundled in waiting for the specialist to contact you, run their tests, and normally in a larger hospital group. So you'll be treated as a number again.
Urgo 4y ago
Thank you for this! This sounds like exactly what I've been looking for for years and due to several providers being in my local area right now its been under my nose the whole time! To anyone who has gone this route, other then needing to fall back on traditional care when its out of the scope of a DPC provider, somewhat limited options in terms of providers compared to the traditional system, and of course additional cost in addition to still wanting to have insurance when you might not need their services often, any downsides to be aware of? Just making sure its not 'too good to be true'. My favorite feature though is it seems like if you find a qualified provider I might finally get a "Dr House" who actually listens to what I say and does something rather then just following the standard flow chart.

c-linkage 4y ago

This is awesome! The questions is why is zero advertising for this kind of service? Looking at the website I've found two providers near me, so I'm definitely going to check it out.

electric_mayhem 4y ago
It’s hard to get the message out in the face of the marketing dollars behind the established system. I pay my dr like $80/mo and it’s a bargain. Having a dr whose interests are genuinely aligned with mine has been life-changing.

rcpt 4y ago

I use one to and it's absolutely great.

mr337 4y ago

Highly recommend this as I have one to. The issue though is there are limits as to what they can do. If you have an issue that is above their capabilities you'll be referred to a specialist. This is the part that stinks as then you'll be bundled in waiting for the specialist to contact you, run their tests, and normally in a larger hospital group. So you'll be treated as a number again.

Urgo 4y ago

Thank you for this! This sounds like exactly what I've been looking for for years and due to several providers being in my local area right now its been under my nose the whole time! To anyone who has gone this route, other then needing to fall back on traditional care when its out of the scope of a DPC provider, somewhat limited options in terms of providers compared to the traditional system, and of course additional cost in addition to still wanting to have insurance when you might not need their services often, any downsides to be aware of? Just making sure its not 'too good to be true'. My favorite feature though is it seems like if you find a qualified provider I might finally get a "Dr House" who actually listens to what I say and does something rather then just following the standard flow chart.