A study last year showed that the wait to see a dermatologist was significantly shorter if the need was cosmetic. When physician payment is tightly regulated, you can expect nothing less:
Like airlines that offer first-class and coach sections, dermatology is fast becoming a two-tier business in which higher-paying customers often receive greater pampering. In some dermatologists’ offices, freer-spending cosmetic patients are given appointments more quickly than medical patients for whom health insurance pays fixed reimbursement fees.
