Here Ya Go, Betty..

Betty asked me what were concierge Doctors. Here is what I have been reading on the net.

It seems there has became a growing trend in the profession that certain Doctors are now charging their patients a yearly fee from 1500 to 5 K a year to treat them. The doctors still charge the insurance companies the regular amounts but the doctors are getting a yearly stifle from their patients to keep doctoring them in addition to any other payments.

When a patient pays these extra fees they get ‘special’ care. Often they get to enter through a back door into a luxury waiting room that lower class patients can not enter. These patients are often given the Doctors private cell phone number and of course they are treated first if they are in need of a doctor.

Now these are not the Doctors ‘new‘ patients, just one day you walk into the Doctors office and you are informed he has started this new service and if you want to stay in his care you need to pay the fee.

When I looked up the actual definition on the word and the synonyms for the word it became clearer why I have a problem with Doctors becoming these kinds of Doctors…
It is all over the net for the last month because it is getting more and more popular.

Definition. The Concierge offers a specialized first class service. S/he assists you in organizing your special events or s/he looks after your corporate needs. S/he takes care of your guests requirements, rents the limousines, finds a translation service and sends flowers to your business contacts.

Synonyms
janitor
doorman
attendant
porter

Bring it on Obama we need to stop this sort of thing....