On September 3 I wrote about a new housecall
service that charged up to $2000. On September 7 I described one that charged
$99. Clearly these are extreme.
So what about $250? That’s painful but, in a pinch,
suffering a stomach virus or bad case of flu, many of you might
pay.
What are the alternatives? Several concierge
doctors pop up on a Google search, but they may charge triple this. Veteran Los Angeles hotel doctors
visit private houses if asked; they charge around double. Call Heal, the $99
service, if it’s still in business. One side-effect of a low fee is that it
pays doctors less than the going rate, so many are residents in training. This
does not mean they don’t know their business; in fact, being residents, they
take every illness very, very seriously. Of course, you could always ask for
Doctor Oppenheim.
The founder of the $250 service, SOS Doctor
Housecall, contacted me first because I already work for her. She is the French
lady who sends doctors to Frenchmen in Los
Angeles. I mention her in posts from February 28, 2011,
September 2, 2014, and January 4, 2015.
She is putting
together her app and hopes to launch soon. If she’s successful, my colleagues
will feel the strain, but I’ll be making visits for her.
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