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passage 2
Victoria Barzilai opened her mouth wide so the doctor could look at her sore throat. Not _1_ a remarkable event, except that Victoria was at home and the doctor was hundreds of miles away. Feeling too sick to _2_ herself to the school health center, the third-year university student had chosen a cyber-doctor visit, the 21st century _3_ of a house call.
A number of websites offer face-to-face consultations of the _4_ visit to anyone with a credit card and access to a webcam-equipped computer. The services are intended for patients with _5_ minor problems that don’t require hands-on diagnoses or treatments, not for people who need stitches, MRIs or casts on broken limbs.
One presumed strong advantage of e-visits like these is _6_. That counted with Victoria who points out that “My doctor is at least an hour away, and besides, I didn’t know when I could get in to see him.” Victoria used MedCareLive.com, which offers California _7_ no-wait consultations with healthcare professionals from 9 a.m. to midnight every day. Other sites, such as Teladoc and MeMD, offer consultations 24/7. Some e-visit sites ask for consultation fees. Others _8_ different rates for different services.
Although MedCareIive.com does not _9_ with any insurance companies, co-founders Dr. David Tashman and Sigi Marmoratein set out to make their service a good deal—for people who have insurance and people who don’t. “We set our price point at $45 for a reason ,”Tashman says. “Most co-pays by insurance companies run from $30 to $50. “We want to help people stay away from the emergency room and _10_ care,”Marmorstein adds. “We want to save people money.”
A) urgent B)credible C)contract D)exactly
E)relatively F)version G)criticism H)charge
I)dazzle J)convenience K)drag L)dedicate
M)residents N)deliberately O)virtual
