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Armand Rodriguez is an internal medicine physician.

Pajama time is for fools

Armand Rodriguez, MD
Physician
April 1, 2026

I really tried to have AI come up with an innocuous-sounding title for this piece: “Caring Hearts, Lighter Wallets: The Financial Reality of Primary Care.” But my poor judgment prevailed so I just decided to insult all of my colleagues right from the start. I assure you, for better or worse, that this article is my original opinion although with AI editing for grammar and clarity (but unfortunately not brevity). …

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Pajama time is for fools

We are all concierge doctors now

Armand Rodriguez, MD
Physician
May 2, 2024

I never wanted to be a formal concierge doctor. Most of us are familiar with those plans that make physicians limit their patient panel to several hundred patients, and each one of them agrees to pay several thousand dollars for the privilege of access to their physician at all times. Sure, after over 30 years of practice in the same community, having a smaller patient panel, dedicating more time to …

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