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One medical is decent, but a lot of times it won't actually be a doctor but some other medical certification (not sure how that affects quality of treatment)

TylerE 3y ago
I’ve got a good GP now, but honestly if I’m going to an urgent care with a sinus infection or an asthma flairup, I’d actually rather see a nurse practitioner than an MD. The NP deals with the common stuff all day long, and often the actual doctors at those sorts of places are often not great in terms of communication skills, bedside manner, that sort of thing.
tristanMatthias 3y ago
One medical charged me 560 for a general check up. Absolutely disgusting, and zero help from their support team. And this was after insurance. American healthcare is a laughing stock
base3 3y ago
Paying MDs to do physicals is as wasteful as paying engineers to install software updates.
zamnos 3y ago
You're referring to a nurse practitioner (NP), and the key thing is they can prescribe medication, so, if you need prescription strength cough medicine or something like that, they're great! However, if you have something strange that you'd need a medical savant like Dr House to diagnose, they're no good, so they'll confer with MD colleagues and follow up. But also, Dr House is a fictional doctor and no doctor is that good. (If you know of a specialist that is, I've got a friend with a chronic pain disorder that needs help.) Having a medical professional on tap - I've never had to wait more than 15 mins to see someone virtually - is great and well worth the price of admission of you can afford it (couple hundred a year). Virtually is great because if you're sick, the last thing you want to do is leave the house, but they also do in person visits as well. They also have the facilities to do blood draws and give vaccines. Hope their new owner (Amazon) doesn't mess things up.
- williamDafoe 3y ago
  Nurse practitioner prescriptions have to be reviewed by a superior doctor that's how the AMA keeps its Union controlling everything! My former employer Qualcomm hired about three people to have an employee-only GP medical department. It was a great deal because the very simple treatments could be done very economically and when your company has more than about 500 people it pays actual medical costs directly and the insurance company just runs the books they don't actually do insurance.
  - Accujack 3y ago
    The AMA isn't a union. Most doctors in the US aren't union anyway - only about 7%. Seriously, you need to look for better sources of data than wherever you're getting it.

TylerE 3y ago

I’ve got a good GP now, but honestly if I’m going to an urgent care with a sinus infection or an asthma flairup, I’d actually rather see a nurse practitioner than an MD. The NP deals with the common stuff all day long, and often the actual doctors at those sorts of places are often not great in terms of communication skills, bedside manner, that sort of thing.

tristanMatthias 3y ago

One medical charged me 560 for a general check up. Absolutely disgusting, and zero help from their support team. And this was after insurance. American healthcare is a laughing stock

base3 3y ago

Paying MDs to do physicals is as wasteful as paying engineers to install software updates.

zamnos 3y ago

You're referring to a nurse practitioner (NP), and the key thing is they can prescribe medication, so, if you need prescription strength cough medicine or something like that, they're great! However, if you have something strange that you'd need a medical savant like Dr House to diagnose, they're no good, so they'll confer with MD colleagues and follow up. But also, Dr House is a fictional doctor and no doctor is that good. (If you know of a specialist that is, I've got a friend with a chronic pain disorder that needs help.) Having a medical professional on tap - I've never had to wait more than 15 mins to see someone virtually - is great and well worth the price of admission of you can afford it (couple hundred a year). Virtually is great because if you're sick, the last thing you want to do is leave the house, but they also do in person visits as well. They also have the facilities to do blood draws and give vaccines. Hope their new owner (Amazon) doesn't mess things up.

williamDafoe 3y ago
Nurse practitioner prescriptions have to be reviewed by a superior doctor that's how the AMA keeps its Union controlling everything! My former employer Qualcomm hired about three people to have an employee-only GP medical department. It was a great deal because the very simple treatments could be done very economically and when your company has more than about 500 people it pays actual medical costs directly and the insurance company just runs the books they don't actually do insurance.
- Accujack 3y ago
  The AMA isn't a union. Most doctors in the US aren't union anyway - only about 7%. Seriously, you need to look for better sources of data than wherever you're getting it.