In a way, concierge care is what family practice medicine used to be-i.e. doctors who knew their patients for years, made house calls, and got paid in cash.  Now, after decades of medicine relying on team-doctoring, impersonalized care, and insurance reimbursement, concierge care is going back to the future as more physicians opt out of Medicare and other insurance plans.  About a thousand doctors have followed that trend and some 60% of them report better income and a more satisfying professional life.  Healthcare reform may bring everyone into medically insured status, but what happens if they can’t find a doctor to see them? MORE