Amazed Medically

Healthcare here is a windy maze of dark passages all alike. I'm paying an additional $100/year to be a member of an organisation that replicates the free medical centre back home. I can now make same day appointments to see "a doctor". Not "my doctor", just a doctor.

When I'm sick I don't care who I see as long as they're qualified and can help me. The whole concept of Primary Care Physician is nice if you plan your illness well in advance.

I saw a doctor last week for a sinus infection and she said if I wasn't better by Monday or Tuesday to contact her and she'd give me a prescription for antibiotics.

One of the nice things about Metropolitan MD is you can contact your doctor via email. So I did and she responded to say she'd get the prescription sorted out. I got a followup email saying I didn't have a pharmacy listed on my profile but she'd found one near my house and ordered the antibiotics. A few hours later I get an email from the pharmacy saying their ready to pickup.

I'd say the $100/year has paid for itself already. Luckily I can afford it.