Kare Family Clinic

"I have been a patient for many years. The Lare Family team is like family to myself my entire family. I can count on John and Paul to take care of any of my medical needs. I don’t know what I’ll do if he ever stops practicing. Love all you guys. Thanks."

"Dr. Kare seems to create as many unnecessary appointments and therefore copays and charges to insurance as possible. Requiring SIX APPOINTMENTS IN 2 ½ MONTHS (attempting to get 2 more)….and all I needed was an appointment to get established as a patient. And another appointment for anxiety medication after a double tragedy. I voiced my concerns about the unusual number of appointments, explaining that I would need to look for another doctor because I can’t sustain this many appointments. He then sent me a CERTIFIED LETTER SAYING HE WOULD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, NO LONGER TREAT ME. If you are looking for a doctor who works together with his patients and values the patient’s input, preferences, autonomy, and treats you as a competent adult with valid and logical concerns, and is reasonable, this is likely NOT the right doctor for you. I felt that his treatment was very one sided, it is his way or no way at all. Dr. Kare’s #1 priority is billing my insurance as many times as possible. …….. Examples: He had me schedule a new appointment and pay another copay in order to hear that my bloodwork from my prior appointment was fine. And required two additional appointments for me to say “yes, doing fine on my new medication”. Would not accept a phone call to let him know. Or my word, that I’d call if any issues arise. Also, when I wanted to taper off a medication, he withdrew his help when I explained I’d need to taper more slowly because my body is sensitive to this, causing horrible withdrawal symptoms & permanent damage. He immediately basically said, never mind and chose not to give me the prescription he was going to give me to help me sleep while tapering off. I felt treated like a drug seeker and dismissed."

"I have been a patient of Dr. Kare since 2004. He is a great doctor. Who really listens to your medical issues. He and his staff are wonderful. You are not just a number on a chart at Kare Family Clinic."

"Dr. Kare and his staff are EXCELLENT!!!! They actually care about the patients instead of just running you through like a revolving door. I see some complaints about wait time, but as far as I'm concerned, I will gladly wait as long as it takes. I understand that each patient is different with different issues and Dr. Kare takes his time to thoroughly diagnose and explain each step that will be taken to remedy your situation. That type of personal attention is very rare nowadays and I for one appreciate it. Naturally there will be a longer wait for such thoroughness. In my opinion, if you are one of those that think that waiting for that is somehow a bad thing, then maybe you should schedule with a cookie cutter doctor who will herd you in and out like cattle."

"Dr. Kare and his staff have been wonderful! I started using the Kare Clinic in January. Dr. Kare takes the time needed to listen to my concerns and diagnosed my issues. The staff has always been very polite and taken care of my calls in a prompt response time."