Direct Primary Care Proactive Revolutionary Decentralized High Functioning Healthcare Part 2
Last time, we met Dr. Kathy Rever, founder of Well Life ABQ. Well Life is a Direct Health Care Provider. That means that they work directly with people to keep them healthy, rather than only coming in when people are sick. They also tend to avoid the involvement of insurance companies whenever possible. That saves them time and money because they dont need to have people on staff whose only job is to deal with the insurance companies and their ponderous levels of paperwork. Now, its time to get into their business model. Typically, most health practitioners work with insurance companies that are tied to an individuals employer. The individual goes in with a problem, the doctor diagnoses the issue and sends the bill to the insurance company who pays a portion (usually most of it), which is taken out of money provided by the company which is either a separate expense or a premium taken out of the individuals paycheck. Sounds cumbersome Historical fun fact, that cumbersome model is the direct
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