Anyone have experience with direct care/concierge medicine? Is it worth it?
I am considering direct care or concierge medicine programs. I am sick of my PCP spending 10 minutes with me saying I have anxiety and only ever ordering metabolic panels because I'm overweight. if she really cared about my anxiety, she'd order tests that actually would figure out what's going on. I've been dealing with HSD, MCAS and dysautonamia symptoms since I can remember.
do direct care providers or concierge's medicine programs actually spend more time with you? Do they actually assess pain? Do they just make referrals without doing anything? How does testing work? etc
I'm curious about it all.
I have insurance through work and definitely plan on keeping that. Cost is a factor. I found a program in my area that's 100 bucks a month as a base fee which is worth it for me if I actually get proper care.