The modern doctor, making house calls..answering emails on the web...costs $500.00 a year for patients to join. We have covered a couple articles about Dr. Parkinson in the past.
He doesn't even have an office. Talks to patients via webcam...and he helps them find 
medications at a low cost. BD
Parkinson decided to open his practice in cyberspace, where he recruits, diagnoses and even treats his patients online. He has no office. Instead, he makes himself available to his patients via email or text message.
He limits his practice to his own zip code, with few exceptions, and sees only patients between the ages of 18 and 40.
"I know who charges a good price and who has a good heart," says Parkinson. Physicians, too, contact him, saying, "I'd like to be a part of your unspoken network."
Parkinson says part of the reason he went into this kind of practice is because he believes the healthcare system, with its lack of transparency in pricing, is cheating patients, especially the uninsured.
http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/54996/the-real-life-web-md
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