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Concierge Medicine

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Creve Coeur Doctor Turning To 'Concierge Care'

Dr. Shari Cohen decided to switch before 'ObamaCare', says the move to electronic medical records gave her the final "shove".

Creve Coeur doctor Shari Cohen is getting ready to take the plunge into new world in her medical practice. Early next year she's converting to a "concierge-style", where she'll see fewer patients. Those she sees will pay a flat fee in exchange for increased access to see her. The idea has gained more notoriety in recent years across the country. An article on AOL Daily Finance quoted another Creve Coeur doctor, David Katzman, who according to the article, started working under the concierge model in 2003.   We asked Dr. Cohen a few questions about the move in a recent email interview: Patch: When did you first start to think this was the way to go, and what prompted it?   Dr. Cohen: I first started to seriously consider a change about two …

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10:15 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012

ObamaCare is just another do-gooder leftist boondoggle. It is the result of the typical micro- to macro logic the liberal mind uses. Find an isolated terrible situation, and generalize it to the universe. Then scare the pants off the American people, and pass a ridiculous law to fix the so-called problem.   more ›

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