If you have been reading some of my blogs, you know that I am vigilant when it comes to finding information on affordable health care. There are personal reasons behind my interest in this subject. One being that I have a chronic illness which translates into monthly perscription costs, and in the past being blackballed from health insurance. Anyways, good news for those without health insurance or those who are under insured.
A group of doctors have formed a practice in which they do not accept insurance. This group of physicians offer $59 flat-rate office visit, cash or credit. PrimeCare Medical Centers is one of a small and growing number of area medical practices that offer flat-rate fees and low-cost services hoping to capture the market created by the high cost of health care insurance and the underemployed or unemployed population. Scheduling an appointment is just as easy has making a hair cut appointment! Meadowbrook Urgent Care in Birmingham has a new program which offers discount health care that give paitients unlimited visits for $49/month. Don't want to do the monthly group program, that is okay too, to see a doctor for a doctor visit the office charge is $80. STILL CHEAPER THAN WHAT MY DOCTOR CHARGES! They also offer prescription refills on site at $10 and have a pricing structure for other treatments such as $25 XRAY. Trust me, I will be calling them for my mammagram....my insurance doesn't pay for that!
I applaud these physicians for coming up with an idea, while everyone sits around waiting for government to step in and help with the health care crisis! While the idea was initially created to capture additional revenue for the doctor's pockets, they are really helping a lot of people who otherwise would wait to visit a doctor until they needed to visit an emergency room.
With the price of gas dropping.......you can even afford the ride over to one of their offices!
Here are the web site:
http://www.primecaremedicalcenters.com/
www.meadowbrookurgentcarepc.com
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