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Calgary clinic asks for nearly $5K a year for a 2-parent membership — and it's not the only one (www.cbc.ca)
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A Calgary clinic informed its clients it would be introducing a "membership-based medical service," running $4,800 a year for a two-parent family membership.

Such arrangements have been growing increasingly common in recent years, experts say.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I had to visit the ER clinic down the street from where I live (there’s one on basically every corner) just a few months ago. I don’t do annual check ups even though I have health insurance from work because the copays and any procedure costs are still significant out of pocket, my deductible is over $7k USD per year and I’m not going to be spending that any time soon. Anyways the doctor that I saw did me a solid, he told me I could use some pliers at home instead of having to pay the exorbitant fees at the ER clinic, so I was able to remove the arrow from my knee all by myself.