I am excited to be working part-time at Qliance (http://qliance.com/), an amazing health care facility in Seattle which operates completely outside of the bloated US health insurance system.

I was skeptical at first, like I am about a lot of things. They are, however, stupendously awesome. Better health care for less. Better care for less than my copays under my free-to-me insurance through my old job, even. I spoke, on the phone with a doctor, about becoming a patient for 20 minutes today. 20 minutes. Have you ever done that?

In my search for a health care alternative as I lose that insurance through my former job, they have been an absolute breath of fresh air. For primary care, and the loads of little things I have break on me, I decided to go with them without hesitation last month. I am actually giddy to go in for my first official appointment next week – my 90 minute initial visit with my new doctor.

I’ve been asked a lot about how Qliance works, specifically how they can stay in business for how little they charge, and of course what the ‘catch’ is. I am happy to talk with people about Qliance and my experiences with them, and why I chose to join them vocationally as well as being a patient. I highly suggest that if you’re interested in learning more, you hit up their website at http://qliance.com or give them a call and ask them about it. They are open 7 days a week.

Additionally, though their site has some testimonials if you clicked around, it really bares mentioning a few of these:

http://chaunceybell.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/concerned-about-healthcare-watch-this/

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=490773

http://www.yelp.com/biz/qliance-medical-group-seattle

As someone with many medical challenges, who’s involved in multiple forms of the medical profession including practice as well as insurance administration, and as a human being, I am so glad to see someone finally doing this. I am an advocate.

Bravo.