Corporate Update

Introducing Our New Product!             One More Way That We Can Help People!

Bulletin #5 – March 25, 2014

The face of medicine is changing in the 21st Century, and Bid for My Meds is going to be on the front lines of that change.  Here’s why:

We as Americans have gotten used to going to see our doctor for virtually every malady or symptom that shows up in our family.  Johnnie sniffles? Take him to the doctor to check him out.  Sally has a headache?  Set an appointment with the doctor – it might be something serious.  It’s not that these symptoms could not be the onset of something serious, it’s just that a huge amount of time is taken up by the doctor when he sees people for what turns out 99% of the time as minor conditions.

And it’s not easy on the family either.  Mom has to call the doctor, and if lucky, gets an appointment later today or early tomorrow.  Then she has to bundle up sick Suzy, get her in the car to drive across town, and go sit in the doctor’s office for a half hour or so.  The doctor listens to Suzy’s heart, looks at her throat, sees a rash, and pronounces she has a throat infection (Duh, you knew that already) and prescribes a medication.  Then mom drives back home, stopping on the way to the drugstore, and then finally gets to actually treat Suzy, who has waited from several hours to a day or two to get any relief.

Worse yet, what happens when you are out of town and get sick?  Chances are you wait until you get home for treatment because you really don’t know who to go to in a strange city.

Inefficient?  Sure it is, and it’s not going to be happening quite that way in the 21st century any more.  Pundits have predicted that within the next ten years, fully ½ the population will be seen by a doctor over the Internet for minor conditions.  It makes sense!  Suzy gets a sore throat, you immediately call your Telemed Doctor, who has built a small file on your family, and within 15 to 30 minutes, he is looking at Suzy on his computer screen or talking to her mother on the phone.  Not a nurse – a doctor!  

Today, there are more and more phone apps that can do everything from take your heart rate and blood pressure to actually monitor the composition of your blood from only a drop or two.  More apps are on the way.  And unless it’s an emergency or surgery is necessary, most maladies can be diagnosed by the doctor sitting in front of a computer screen.  Using a video camera he can even see what the problem is in full color, and using newly developed microscopes like the $1.00 Foldscope, he can even magnify a blood sample 2000 times for more analysis.

Once your Telemed doctor gets all the data, reviews your records, and comes to a conclusion, she can phone a prescription to your nearest pharmacy – whether down the street or in a strange town 2000 miles away  using a geo-locator service.  And if she suspects a larger problem she makes sure you get to your regular doctor or emergency services right away.  But the point is that you don’t have to wait to find out if it may be serious.

Make no doubt about it.  This is the way we will get better service at lower costs, and you will be able to get it starting next week from Bid for My Meds.   And the cost is fantastic!  $20.00/month for a family (8 CV points).  You will get to a doctor faster, be able to do it from anywhere in the country, get relief faster, save on time, gas, and money, and keep your health in top shape.

Obamacare is changing every facet of heath care in this country.  By forcing us to think through the inefficiencies of our present system, we can do a better job of managing our own care.  Combine this new service with the BidRx program, and you have a fantastic combination – not only for people who are well covered by insurance, but also for people who are watching every dollar because of their huge deductible health program.  Now they can ‘see’ a doctor for $20 a month!

Next week we’ll have enough information on this program to satisfy even the most detailed person out there.  Oh, and did I mention that this program comes with a Vision and Dental benefit as well?

Bid for My Meds is not just coming back, folks.  It’s roaring back with services you will take viral (pardon the pun) in this country.  Congratulations for hanging in there, you have made a smart decision.  We’ll have more to come, tomorrow!

BFMM Administrative Staff