@kingkaufman @pluralistic Back in the day (early 1980s) you could get fabulous gratis medical care in some Manhattan clinics / hospitals. All you needed was time to wait. Concierge medicine means not having to wait for medical care. Two extremes. In the middle, you may spend the night at the ER at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville for your kid to get a couple of stitches and pay $175 or more (on top of insurance) just to be released. Then again, the unhoused guy in my hood uses Vanderbilt to sleep at night in the ER. That's my charity thing, that's how it is here and now. #TimeIsMoneyandHealth