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by exclusiv 3360 days ago
I'm not sure how I feel on this because I see both sides. If you're a doctor, you have to spend a lot of time addressing questions that are often based on other situations/conditions or aren't accurate because they were sourced on the web. At the same time, doctors were used to not getting questioned much and being able to do whatever they want for the most part. Last time I went in due to sickness they tried to do an x-ray which I declined. Many health care providers play the billing game and that's what they know. Now they have to listen to the patient and have more dialogue. Sometimes they are questioned. It's a shift. I think it's a good thing that people are asking more questions and doing research on their own. In real estate - automated valuations like Zillow provides are the "bane of their existence". Although many times it helps them because people want to seek an agent to sell because they looked up the Zestimate. If you're a professional - handling questions and concerns shouldn't be an issue.