BC Advantage - 2014 Issue 2

Concierge Medicine: No Longer Exclusively for the Rich

When a physician mentions concierge medicine, she is likely to receive stares from judgmental eyes. Her peers will immediately assume that she is selling out, tailoring to the rich in order to become an overpaid comforter of the wealthy, who are in no way starving for medical attention. The truth is that concierge medicine is not what it used to be. According to Concierge Medicine Today, of the 5500 practices in the U.S., 66% of them charge less than $135 per month on average. [1] In fact, the overall trend is that concierge practices are charging less and...

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