Direct Primary Care Providing Alternative to ObamaCare : Doctors Fight Back

The prevailing media agenda is that ObamaCare is here to help those that supposedly want or need help, the prevailing government plan for the entire country is not to actually help those in need, but to drive the entire medial system into the arms of special interest groups for the sole purpose of establishing a 'single payer' system. 

Knowing that there are people, doctors taking the initiative to fight back, that are not laying down in the onslaught of government over reach by progressive socialist liberal democrats to once and for all make everyone subservient to Washington bureaucrats, are attempting to provide a solution and it seems to be a good one.

But know this, if ObamaCare is not stopped now, repealed or replaced, what we used to know as good medical care will not be available to the majority of citizens. Only those in power will have the best of everything.

Remember how the old Soviet Union  ideology worked out for everyone over there? Sitting on your hands in the next election will guarantee a history lesson that will not be pleasant.

Is Direct Primary Care the Free Market Answer to ObamaCare?
Source: John Grimsley, "The Doctor Posts His Prices Online. Health Care Should Move in the Same Direction," The Daily Signal, February 23, 2015.

February 25, 2015

Government intervention in health care has lead to objectionable medical costs, market distortions and hidden prices. Moreover, the lack of free market competition has resulted in waste and inefficiency among doctors and medical facilities.

That is why, today, Direct Primary Care is making a comeback, thanks in part to the Affordable Care Act's high insurance deductibles and premiums. Unlike Obamacare's complicated and layered payment system, patients who use Direct Primary Care pay a negotiable price directly to the doctor without third party interference.

For the patient, it means they know what they are paying for, before they pay for it. For doctors, it means they can deliver quality healthcare services at a low, transparent, and competitive prices.
Consider what is already happening:

• Dr. Smith, an anesthesiologist and cofounder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, posts prices online. His facility provides high quality services for one-tenth to one-fifth of the cost of neighboring medical centers.
• Patients have successfully negotiated lower prices at local facilities for procedures by leveraging the Surgery Center of Oklahoma published prices.

Indeed, the Direct Primary Care's delivery model could provide a sustainable alternative the overcomplicated payment system offered by many health care facilities, but because of a provision in Obamacare where doctors are prohibited from investing in physician-owned hospitals, expanding patient choice will be an uphill battle. 

Therefore, lawmakers should work toward removing bad policies that prevent the expansion of patient choice and provider competition.