[decafninja]

Concierge healthcare. It's also gotten more widespread than when it first became a thing, so even there I would make sure to do due diligence to see what level of service you're getting. But if you're willing to fork over the money, the level of care that you're supposedly given seems far better than even anything in stories you hear about in Europe or Asia.

Seems like you should expect to pay five digit amounts per year for the privilige though, in addition to fees per visit/service?

This is the kind of thing where I feel that if you are making FAANG tier salary in the US, you can bulldoze your way into getting better quality of life benefits privately, than someone living in say, Europe who would be making a fraction of your earnings but with better publically provided benefits.

[manacit]

This is what I came here to say - the answer is "Concierge Medicine"

In my experience, that's generally a primary care doctor that has on the order of 1/4th or fewer as many patients, but they all pay a membership fee in order to make that sustainable. That means they can spend significantly more time - like hours every week - with you.

That doctor is then well connected in the community, and can call up a friend at the local specialist/hospital/etc and cut the line for some treatments, as well get recommendations for the "best" folks in whatever speciality is needed. They'll be persistent on your behalf, and listen to you instead of dismissing.

It's unfortunate that this is necessary, but it can be had for a few hundred dollars a month, which is a pittance if you're a high earner.

[decafninja]

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Maybe because some people perceive this as unfair - which it certainly is. It doesn't change the facts though. It is what it is.

[ianai]

How to locate such providers? Hundreds/month is worth it for a lot of cases.

[luckman212]

Yes, how to locate this please?

[singhrac]

It bills itself as "not concierge" medicine, but through a previous employer I had access to Summus, and found them extremely helpful in navigating the healthcare system.

The turnaround from me being told by a med school friend that I should "go get something checked out" to having an appointment with a dermatologist was ~1.5 days, and the total effort I spent was a few minutes filling out a form and responding to someone calling me.

[et-al]

fwiw, FAANGs often offer complimentary One Medical plans.

[arebop]

One Medical is mass-market quasi-concierge medicine. It's a good compromise for middle class people. But the level of service is starkly different between One Medical and MD2. As you should expect when the costs are two orders of magnitude apart.

[decafninja]

My employer provides something similar. While it's certainly no MD2, it's also starkly better than going through the general medical system.