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I have trouble understanding how doctors can make money with Heal? For me it is great, $99 and I have nice doctor show up when I don't feel well and diagnose and prescribe treatment. I don't understand how they can make money with this.



I’m wondering if a lot of them aren’t working part time while doing something else? Like I can see it being really appealing for a doctor with young kids at home that don’t want to work long hours.


Doctor isn't paying overhead for an office, plus they get paid more than the co-pay by your insurance.


An average gp makes about 170k with tax benefits etc its probably closer to 200k. Assuming they get 3weeks of vacations that 102 dollars/hour. I don't see how 99 dollars per visit makes economic sense.


How many hours a week do they work? How many of those are overhead hours that Heal takes care of for them? How many of them are average? What other costs of running a clinic are there?




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