We all better get used to it. The era of the family doctor that sets up practice in your home town and is your doctor for life is over. Today very few doctors are in individual private practice. They all belong to one of these medical groups and the change when their contracts are up or they get a better offer. It's not unlike free agency in professional sports.
Forget about the idea of choosing a doctor based anything anymore. You can check around to see if they committed any crimes or has any negative history, but after that, it doesn't make much difference. It seems that all the office staff are the same. It always takes weeks to get an appointment and there is no personal relationship. They may disappear after a period of time and you can go somewhere else at any time. They seem to treat you like you are there for this one appointment and don't care beyond that.
It's really the way much of the world and especially big business is these days. make the sale today and the hell with tomorrow. If they come back fine. If not, there's another one behind them ready to take their place.
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