That sounds like a pretty good and open system, John. It sounds like the patient can have a say in it too.

It's an undefined thing that happens in the background here in the US, determined by your insurance carrier.

It's not hard to imagine that insurance companies get kickbacks from the drug companies here, just like doctors get kickbacks. Hell, here chemo docs actually get to sell the drugs they use, directly profiting from every chemo treatment you get .. there is a lot of dirty money in that end of the business.

I also agree with your assessment that it's never been easier for us patients to learn, and "self diagnose", and "self treat", though you need to to hide a lot of that from your doc. They HATE self diagnosing patients even though they only get 20-30 minutes with you to figure out what's going on.

Are your patient visits limited in time there?