But it can't work here. Are you going to be satisfied when your spouse or child is seriously ill, if you can only talk to a doctor by telephone, and no specialist ever even examines the patient?
This service already exists here (in US, I assume), and is actually a prerequisite of sorts when scheduling an appointment: you have to call the nurse, explain your situation, and go from there. The catch is, you already have to have insurance to be able to do this (which costs much more than $2/year).
A lot of the time I just want to ask a question, or get a prescription for something obvious, and scheduling an appointment is overkill. Luckily, my sister in law is a doctor, so I can just instant message her. It's much more efficient.
But it can't work here. Are you going to be satisfied when your spouse or child is seriously ill, if you can only talk to a doctor by telephone, and no specialist ever even examines the patient?