“Now, at any time of day or night, you can demand and get a secure video consultation with a doctor via smartphone at the same cost (about $30-$40) as the typical copay charge through employer health plans. This may seem exotic now, but several large consulting firms—including Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers—have forecast that virtual physician visits (replacing physical office visits) will soon become the norm.”
Beats calling for an appointment, waiting days to see the doctor, then making your 9:00 a.m. appointment days hence only to see the doctor at 11:00, after sitting in a room full of sick and possibly contagious patients, for a brief 5-10 minutes meeting with your harried and stressed doctor, then driving over to the pharmacy to get your prescription, waiting there for 30-45 minutes with retching, sick and possibly contagious Typhoid Marys and having to deal with Miss Grumpy the pharmacy sales clerk, then driving back to work only to hear your supervisor bitch and moan.
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