So given that I am willing to spend money for my health, and that I can’t count on doctors to presume that, it seems like I should make that clear to them so they can give me more personalized advice.
“Willing to spend money” meaning that you’re willing to pay out of pocket for medical procedures? Or that you are willing to fight your insurance so that it pays for things it doesn’t think necessary?
And doctors are supposed to ignore money costs when recommending treatment (or lack of it) anyway. If you want “extra attention”, I suspect that you would need to proactively ask for things. For example, you can start by doing a comprehensive blood screen—and I do mean comprehensive—including a variety of hormones, a metals panel, a cytokine panel, markers for inflammation, thryroid, liver, etc. etc. You will have to ask for it, assuming you’re reasonably healthy a normal doctor would not prescribe it “just so”.
I’m willing to spend out of pocket. More generally, I value my life a lot, and so I’m willing to undergo costs in proportion to how much I value my life.
I’m willing to undergo costs in proportion to how much I value my life.
You’re constrained by the size of your pocket :-) Being willing to spend millions on saving one’s life is not particularly relevant if you current bank balance is $5.17.
Very rich people can (and do) hire personal doctors. That, however, has its own failure modes (see Michael Jackson).
Yeah, I know. It’s just hard to be more specific than that. I guess what I mean is that I am willing to spend a much larger portion of my money on health than most people are.
“Willing to spend money” meaning that you’re willing to pay out of pocket for medical procedures? Or that you are willing to fight your insurance so that it pays for things it doesn’t think necessary?
And doctors are supposed to ignore money costs when recommending treatment (or lack of it) anyway. If you want “extra attention”, I suspect that you would need to proactively ask for things. For example, you can start by doing a comprehensive blood screen—and I do mean comprehensive—including a variety of hormones, a metals panel, a cytokine panel, markers for inflammation, thryroid, liver, etc. etc. You will have to ask for it, assuming you’re reasonably healthy a normal doctor would not prescribe it “just so”.
I’m willing to spend out of pocket. More generally, I value my life a lot, and so I’m willing to undergo costs in proportion to how much I value my life.
You’re constrained by the size of your pocket :-) Being willing to spend millions on saving one’s life is not particularly relevant if you current bank balance is $5.17.
Very rich people can (and do) hire personal doctors. That, however, has its own failure modes (see Michael Jackson).
Yeah, I know. It’s just hard to be more specific than that. I guess what I mean is that I am willing to spend a much larger portion of my money on health than most people are.
Is that a revealed preference? ;-)