it’s just a way to try to manage “overusers” of the system.[/quote]
Yup. If there was no cost to going to the doctor, people would be there everyday.[/quote]
Maybe few. But people mostly avoid doctors. Waiting in the waiting room followed by some more waiting in the cubicle combined with increased chances of leaving sick is not appealing to everyone.
IMO there should be few no-copay visits/year in addition to the one annual well-check, especially for kids. Once I was forced to bring 3rd kid to see the doctor a couple of days after the other two were diagnosed with stomach flu and given some anti-nausea medicine. I had to leave the office, drag the sick kid around for a 30 second chat with the doctor and pay $50 for the pleasure. She got the same medicine the other two got.
