Insurance companies are starting to cover Doctor’s “Web Visits”. Think of all the time you spend on a doctor’s visit. Not the time with the actual doctor but all the rest:

1. Drive to doctor’s office (20 minutes)
2. Sign in (5 minutes)
3. Waiting room (15 minutes)
4. Waiting in examining room (15 minutes)
5. Drive home (20 minutes)

That is 1 hour and 15 minutes (70 minutes). As many of you know, this time is quite conservative. The time can easily double. Imagine just getting a fraction of this time back all over the country.

Interestingly enough the cost is pretty low, $25 to $45, less if insured. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB124977187174117097.html

Imagine this:

"You get to choose your doctor. If you don’t like him, you can go elsewhere, that very day if necessary. Any doctor will see you straight away, there is no delay in such investigations as you may need, and treatment is immediate. There are no waiting lists, no operations postponed because something more important has come up, no appalling stories of patients being made to wait because other patients come first."

I modified the paragraph, it was originally written for a dog. Theodore Dalrymple writes "Man vs. Mutt". He writes:

"In the last few years, I have had the opportunity to compare the human and veterinary health services of Great Britain, and on the whole it is better to be a dog."

I am not sure I agree with him. However, I as far as my lab goes, in the USA, it is far easier to take care of her health care than mine.