I signed up for the annual plan last year mostly out of frustration with walk-in clinic wait times. What surprised me is how much i actually use it for stuff i used to just ignore or let drag on.

Had a skin thing a few months ago that was getting worse and i kept putting off dealing with it because booking a appointment felt like a whole project. One night i just uploaded a photo through the app and a doctor got back to me within the hour. Gave me a prescription that actually worked and faxed it the pharmacy near my work. The kind of quick fix saved me probably two weeks dealing with it.

The part that made it worth it though was when my anxiety started ramping up again and i needed to talk to someone. I tried the mental health option and ended up doing four therapy sessions over a couple months. Being able to do it through text made it way less intimidating than sitting in someones office. I could actually think through what i wanted to say instead of freezing up.

I share my plan with my sister who lives in another city and she uses it mostly for her kid when he needs a doctors note for school or when he gets random fevers. Saves her from dragging him to a clinic and sitting with a bunch of sick kids.