Bummer when your doctor moves. We only looked at local concierge practices so we could have annual office check-ups, and someone we knew to ease entry for hospitals. So wouldn’t you still need to find a local doctor? And if you are hospitalized, you would be dealing with the "Hospitalist" anyway..and this teledoc? Obviously I still don’t get what services each type of doctor provides.

One we checked was a local doctor part of a national chain called MDVIP. If you want to get the type of doctor for your needs, Maybe reversing the search order? If you could end up looking like the women who have partnered with SteadyMD maybe it is worth giving up a local doctor.

One friend with concierge was not happy that with covid, all in office visits were ended. Understandable, but that is why he paid extra for concierge. In this area, the concierge doctors were on the older side, seeing this structure as offering them less work with more income. The patient numbers are capped, with steady income but without the insurance paperwork and group practice hassles. A flight path to retirement. SteadyMD seems pitched to a younger audience who can do without any office visits, but I couldn’t find the list of doctors...do you have to phone to get that?

We decided to stay with regular pay doctors. Each doctor in Duke's network of Primary Care offices and specialists has a written and video biography, so it is simple to find a good match by computer, and importantly, if they are open to new Medicare patients. Although I haven’t had a regular GP check-up in 5 years, other specialist visits required a doctor to put this hands on me in person. How do all the athletes Featured have injuries repaired by phone? Now that more regular doctors have added telehealth, would the benefit of a national concierge model be less? I really don’t know, let us know what decide.