You need to see a doctor and you need to see one NOW. Not tomorrow, or next week, or three months from now. You need to see one NOW!
So you do.
You need an MRI. You get on your smart phone and enter your zip code and the medical service you need. Instantly you get multiple locations with………DRUM ROLL PLEASE………..the price! You pick the lowest price, click on MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, and before you can say “What’s taking so long!” your appointment is set with date and time plus you receive a preloaded, employer funded, virtual credit card to pay the cash price at the point of service.
You need a prescription drug. Your health plan doesn’t use a PBM. Your prescription is delivered to you within 24 hours at no cost to you, paid by your health plan at prices that would make a PBM rep. blush.
Now you need open heart surgery. You don’t know if your doctor is good or bad. There’s a 50% chance he’s not as good as good can get. He may be Dr. Hodad (Hands of Death and Destruction). You don’t know the infection rate at the hospital where he has admitting privileges. In the past you relied on word-of-mouth………….”My dad had surgery there and he lived!..………..or “My neighbor says Dr. Hodad is the BEST!”
You want to live. You want to hedge your bets. Within seconds you learn the truth. Now you have actionable, unbiased, fact-based data. It’s now your decision.
You go back to your smart phone, enter your zip code, search for the procedure you need, select a location and a high quality doctor, click on MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, and you’re in!
No TPA. No PBM . No phone tree to navigate. No waiting for days and months to receive care. No kidding.
That’s the future. And it’s now.
