My GP is great as long as you are not sick. It takes two days to get in if you are sick. So I often go to urgent care. Also, I work 30 minutes from home so I can go to the urgent care near work on my lunch hour. I have an HMO for health insurance I my co pays are $25 PCP, $35 specialist, Hospital ER $50 and Urgent Care $20. Can you believe that? When we first had "ugent cares" in the area my copay was same as ER, then a few years later my co pay for urgent care was same as specialist...now urgent care is cheaper than the doctor?

I don't use urgent care very often for my kids. I usually stick to the Pediatrician but they are better about fitting in sick kids then my dr is about fitting in sick adults.