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Now I would do this in a heart-beat.   I love my doctor, but a 9 am appointment has me being seen at at least 10, and sometimes 11.

Seattle doctors try flat-rate no-limit primary care

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Seattle clinic for people fed up with insurance, started by doctors fed up with insurance, has gotten $4 million in private venture capital money to expand, it announced on Monday.

Qliance says it has a profit-making solution to the problems of long waits, rushed doctors and cursory care that bother patients, at the same time that it eliminates the paperwork and pressure that plague primary care doctors.

“If you spent five minutes in my office you would notice there is nobody waiting. We don’t have to stack them up like jets over Newark,” said Garrison Bliss, a doctor and co-founder of the primary care clinic.

That would be the main reason I’d sign up for this … read on.

Qliance customers pay $99 to join, then a flat monthly rate of $39 to $119, depending on age and level of service. Patients can quit without notice and no one is rejected for pre-existing conditions.

Patients must go to outside brokers and qualify medically to buy catastrophic care. One broker said a 30-year-old could expect to pay $133 per month for such care, and a 60-year-old nearly $400, plus substantial deductibles.

Qliance patients get unrestricted round-the-clock primary care access and 30-minute appointments.

I pay $85 a month now through my employer. Being a diabetic with a thyroid condition, I’m seen regular for tests and follow-ups. Its not like I go once a year for a physcial and trot out the door until the next year. I need contined monitoring and when I’m having a problem, I need to be seen today – not three months from now.

I can only hope this works and starts spreading like wild fires across the country.

Obamacare be damned – I want to live!

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