Paying that little bit extra
There’s a growing trend in medicine to pay a bit extra (relatively speaking) to have your doctor return to the care your ancestors used to get. The services include at home visits, taking you personally to the emergency room, knowing your voice (by actually talking to you), keeping the client list small enough to spend more than five minutes with you, etc, etc. That would so rock. However, with all the expenses in this world, who on earth has the money to pay for extra medical ones? They’re expensive enough as is! It bites! I know how it goes though. Medical care is an industry and just like in the industry I work in, you have to pay a bit extra if you want great service. Good service is not cheap and great service is worth a lot of money. So, in a nutshell, I’m thrilled that it’s coming back into style for doctors to give that level of personal care. I just wish I could afford to participate in it! 
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 am
It is so sad that the medical care in America is how it is.
In Australia, the doctor i go to, still has home visits, will spend 30 minutes with you if you need and after hours service….my doctor pays for the after hours service
We have a system called Medicare,every person pays a precentage from their tax return towards medicare, from that you get free doctors visits and many other things, every person has it, but most people still have private health insurance, which pays for operations in hospitals..
I saw part of the Micheal Moore movie and feel sad that the American Government blocks ways to make the American health system better