[chiph]

You'd want that your physician has more training than just having read some WebMD articles. How can you be sure?

What about liability in case they're wrong? A coworker lost a relative last year because the doctor missed an obvious case of septic infection. How do you take an anonymous physician to court for a mistake like this? Hard to pay restitution when the injured party dies.

[final_approach]

Punishment is just one way of ensuring doctors pay attention. And as many people find out, it doesn't actually work simply because doctors make mistakes anyway.

Now, for a price $10 I don't think anyone should expect any kind of liability. It's advice. If someone gives you a $10 take it as such and go see another doctor for $100 if you're unsure. To my understanding CoinMD simply provides what market needs: cheap accessible advice of reasonable quality. If you could sue doctors there, prices wouldn't be as low.