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Find care

- Start here

- Find a search route

- Read reviews carefully

- Ask for a referral

- Use a board search

- Check the name

- Check the pharmacy

- Online or in person

- A visit by screen

- A visit in a room

- When states differ

Understand treatment

- Sort the medicine terms

- Medicine made to order

- Weight medicine questions

- Ask about treatment offers

Plan the bill

- What care can cost

- Insurance and cash routes

Ask and check

- When to pause

- Questions for the visit

- Read the source records

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# What can I ask before an in-person visit?

Make the purpose of the visit clear before you arrive.

## Name the question you want time for

When you arrange a visit, say what you want to discuss. Ask who will see you and whether you can bring past records. Write down what you most want explained.

## Ask what is included in the assessment

Will the visit be a discussion, an examination, a review of test results, or a mix? If tests are offered, ask what each would answer and how the results would change the plan.

Ask which fees come with the visit and which are separate. Ask for a written quote if several services are put together.

## Check the name before the visit

The state office that licenses doctors can show whether a doctor has a licence and any public record of penalties.

A record showing no penalties leaves the quality of the doctor’s care unanswered.

After checking the record, return to the questions you want answered face to face.

## Leave with the next step in words

Ask who will explain any results and who will hear later questions. If a medicine is discussed, ask for its exact name, the reason for it, and the plan for follow-up.

You can have an unfamiliar term explained a second time. Your notes can be short enough to use.

Read and check

## Source records

- State boards: what public records show

- Find a state medical board

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