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Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by arkades on Sunday February 18, 2018 @07:56AM (#16405855)
What? The doctor’s visit is the cheapest part of healthcare. Procedures cost far more, and pharm far more again. Perhaps you’re outside of the US, though I can’t think of a country where this isn’t true.
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Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by jessaustin on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:58AM (#16406629)
Don't forget diagnostic scans and tests. Those are quite expensive. However GP is proposing a service that doesn't actually exist now: paying a medical expert to spend a lot of time considering a challenging case. It would have obvious benefits, so we shouldn't dismiss it out of hand just because it would be too cheap.
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Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by nitrogen on Sunday February 18, 2018 @02:32PM (#16407776)
There was a now-defunct attempt at this called MetaMed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaMed

I'm curious if any others have succeeded.

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