I'm a member at one of these clinics, and it's amazing.
They do a lot of preventative things like in depth yearly physicals and frequent health check ups. Easy access to doctors, and a 24/7 doc on standby in case of emergencies. My kids have been sick from time to time and you can call a doc, diagnose over the phone, and have a prescription called in. This has helped with some major sicknesses that have popped up over the years, especially on weekends. I had some pretty bad arthritis I was trying to ignore away, and they got me on track with meds, then in to see a specialist who had me all fixed up, and sent in for a minor surgery for another issue. This was all for problems most people would ignore to the point there was a major problem, because it's SUCH a PITA to get decent care from a clinic or family doc. They had a team of nurses calling me, pushing me to make appointments, and doing the same on their end.
On one of their check ups with my wife they caught some abnormalities that triggered a mammogram, and caught stage one breast cancer. It has been almost a year of testing, surgeries, meds, follow ups, reports etc and they have been there the entire way helping to advocate for her. Anyone who has any experience with our health care system in this capacity knows about what I'm talking about here; if you aren't constantly harassing and advocating for yourself it's incredibly easy to slip through the cracks, and get the minimal amount of care. They ensure that does not happen.
So if you can afford it, I would HIGHLY recommend it. It's entirely possible they saved someones life in the case of my wife, or at the very least caught a problem before it turned into a GIANT problem.
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