The Problem
You don’t need a doctor until you do. All of a sudden you are sick, so you call the number on the insurance card, just to find out that their next appointment is in 3 weeks and the urgent care is booked. There is a triage nurse #, but they just tell you to go to the emergency room for everything. This is a city with over a million people! Why is it so hard to find a good primary care doctor in San Jose?
There are lots of reasons for this… the money-focused bureaucratic reality of modern medicine burning out doctors, economic forces pushing medical students toward the specialties, and many other reasons outside the scope of this paper. But you don’t really care about all that while you are sick, you just want to see a doctor, who can help you to get well, today.
The Traditional Solution
In the traditional system, you go to your insurance website or portal, look up primary care doctors, find one you like, then call them and make sure that they (1) actually accept patients with that insurance, and (2) have available appointments sometime soon. You will also want to verify that the appointment will be with the doctor you have chosen, and not someone else who the doctor is “supervising.” It can take hours to days to find a primary care doctor in San Jose.
The Healing Grove Solution!
At Healing Grove Health Center, we position ourselves outside of the broken medical system and keep our panel sizes low so that we can take excellent care of each of our patients. We charge $200/month for concierge medicine services, cutting out the middle man (insurance companies and their interests) and allowing us the luxury of focusing entirely on you, the patient. We answer the phone, we get to know you and your family, we understand your personality and your goals, and we can tailor your medical care to do what is right for you. We have same day appointments and even weekend and holiday appointments when needed, to keep our patients out of urgent cares, ERs, and hospitals as much as possible. We also have the flexibility to work within the system when needed for specialty care.
Try Healing Grove out! Schedule an appointment today!
Questions? Call or text us at 408.459.4443.