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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by arkades on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:23PM (#19531947)
Most doctors are already at capacity. They don’t have anything to win by staying open later, and they can’t charge a premium for it.

The few docs I know having trouble filling their waiting room work evenings and weekends, and some do house-calls.

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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by ams6110 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @06:15PM (#19532263)
Many of the clinics here that are open late do charge an "after hours" fee. It's about $20 tacked on to the base office visit fee.

"Urgent care" walk-in clinics don't and are typically open 8-8 or so.

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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by arkades on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:40PM (#19533166)
Where is “here”? In the US your rates are contracted with insurers, so for any patient with insurance, a cash add-on is fraud.
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by ams6110 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:24PM (#19533358)
I'm in the US. The after hours fee is definitely a thing at my kid's pediatrician practice. It ends up being something we pay out of pocket. And yes we have insurance and the docs are in network.
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by conanbatt on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:53PM (#19539278)
Tell that to OneMedical
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by robertAngst on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:55AM (#19535141)
>Most doctors are already at capacity.

Physicians are at capacity. The American Medical Association has capped entries to medical school.

Other doctors are not like this.

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