re: Cost of health insurance?

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I was seeing an internist annually, he told me there's no reason for him to see me evey year unless I had a problem or questions for him.

I'm the same age and health of the OP

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There's a bit of a difference between not seeing one every year by his direction (you were seeing him and he deemed you healthy enough to see you as needed.( You're established. You could call his office for advice or medicine in an acute situation and he'll probably see you back in 3 years or so for routine bloodwork) and not seeing one at all. In all likelihood, he is probably as healthy as he seems. But it sure would be a shame if he had some crazy underlying disease process lying indolent. It's not a money grab. Most doctors genuinely care for their patients both medically and in the financial impact they have on them. They don't like seeing you back more frequently than they need to, and they take great care not to prescribe meds when they're not needed or if they're too expensive. If the description above doesn't fit your doc, I'd see a new one. But I would make sure I was in good health before not seeing one.