You say your doctor made you wait more than an hour after your appointment, then spent only 10 minutes with you, mostly talking about himself?

You’re insulted and you want to move on?

Welcome to the modern age of medical care.

Before you switch practitioners, however, make sure you’re not jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Just because a physician or surgeon — or his or her staff — seemed uncaring on your last visit doesn’t mean you hired a quack. Nor does it mean that picking another provider will result in better care.

Most people don’t like change, especially when it comes to their health insurance. Your health plan might not be ideal — maybe you don’t like your doctor or the monthly premiums are a little too high — but sticking with what is familiar can seem easier than learning a whole new system.

That could be a mistake, says Gary Claxton, vice president of Kaiser Family Foundation, which does health-related research and philanthropy.

"People become comfortable with a plan, and the unknown is sometimes worse than the known," he said.

You say your doctor made you wait more than an hour after your appointed time, then spent only 10 minutes with you, mostly talking about himself?

You’re insulted and you want to move on?

Welcome to the modern age of medical care.

Before you switch practitioners, however, make sure you’re not jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Just because a physician or surgeon — or his or her staff — seemed uncaring on your last visit doesn’t mean you hired a quack. Nor does it mean that picking another provider will result in better care.