Crowded ER’s. Rushed appointments. Endless paperwork. Who’s actually happy with the fast-food healthcare system? Independent medical practice could be the solution.
I think we need to get back, as patients, into independent practices. Otherwise, "system" docs are just puppets of the system. They're not allowed to go "off-protocol."
Glad more docs are going this way. I opened my DPC in New Jersey back in 2008 and have never looked back. I probably took some lumps for everyone as in 2008 there were maybe a dozen or more DPC style practices and none in New Jersey.
My practice has further morphed by adding in Functional Wellness which helps people get off of the Big Pharma rollercoaster.
My practice and others like you mentioned in this post are the wave of the future, if Big Govt leaves us alone.
If providers out there want to make the switch from Allopathic Mainstream Insurance based medicine to the better alternative, I have been helping them do so for the past five years via the Priority Health Academy (PHHM) non-profit. For more information visit https://www.Priority-Health.us
I enjoyed the discussions and I admit I am biased because Molly is my daughter who has always marched to her own drum. She is an amazing daughter, wife, mother and intelligent doctor who really cares. She never ceases to amaze me. 🙏
3 cheers for private practice! It’s actually better from the standpoint of the “ no doctor on staff “ patients, that come through the ER …… let the employed physicians take them and YOU ( self employed) have more peace .
After Covid crisis, Independant medical is vital. Always grateful, for the FLCCC info. They have shown our family, never lose hope. Much respect, God Bless.
Healthcare or should I say Disease Care will not survive the economic crash that is coming, and most physicians (who work for institutions and corporations - which is most of them) will find them selves out of the street. 2025 will be a very difficult year for many, but in the USA - we are the only first world country where the more we spend the worse the outcomes... the only country where this happens and we are at the bottom for health and infant mortality in the first world.
Without going into detail with how we got here, the point is... what is today will not be tomorrow... that is not a quote from Kamala.... everything is about to change, be we need independt physicians when this goes down because they may be thhe only ones in practice for a very long time
Is there anyone here who can tell me how to get a prescription for ivermectin? My brother has cancer and I’m desperate! He is willing to try and I can’t find where to get it
While I agree independent physicians would most likely provide better care to the patient, how do I, the patient actually pay for it? Right now I'm paying over 7K a year in a HDHP for a family of 4. I then have to pay $3500 a year out of pocket with my HSA account before the insurance starts paying for anything. When they do start paying - I still have a 20% copay.
Enter the independent physician that no longer accepts health insurance/Medicare payment. Great for the physician but me the patient is still paying through the nose. I can't drop insurance and go with just pay for service - what happens when I end up in hospital for anything? I can't pay for that out of pocket - not enough money in any HSA account to do that or anywhere else!
The point I'm trying to make here is this might be great for the physician side of things but unless you have lots of money or no money at all, those of us in the 'middle class' do not benefit. The ENTIRE system needs to be reformed/scrapped - this is just one part of a very broken system.
If I'm missing something - please share - I'd love to hear any and all solutions.
I was where you are before I got onto Medicare, so I feel your pain. Now I have a system-independent doc with low cost insurance. To your concern, if we are to change the system we have to make it reasonably possible for the masses. Part of the problem is employer-provided health insurance. This tends to lock people into the system. That could be ended by removing the tax deduction for health benefits removing the incentive for companies to offer it.
I think we need to get back, as patients, into independent practices. Otherwise, "system" docs are just puppets of the system. They're not allowed to go "off-protocol."
Exactly. Plus system docs generally don't offer or even know about services we're interested in.
Signed up last year for this type of primary care provider program.
Grateful for it
Glad more docs are going this way. I opened my DPC in New Jersey back in 2008 and have never looked back. I probably took some lumps for everyone as in 2008 there were maybe a dozen or more DPC style practices and none in New Jersey.
My practice has further morphed by adding in Functional Wellness which helps people get off of the Big Pharma rollercoaster.
My practice and others like you mentioned in this post are the wave of the future, if Big Govt leaves us alone.
If providers out there want to make the switch from Allopathic Mainstream Insurance based medicine to the better alternative, I have been helping them do so for the past five years via the Priority Health Academy (PHHM) non-profit. For more information visit https://www.Priority-Health.us
I enjoyed the discussions and I admit I am biased because Molly is my daughter who has always marched to her own drum. She is an amazing daughter, wife, mother and intelligent doctor who really cares. She never ceases to amaze me. 🙏
3 cheers for private practice! It’s actually better from the standpoint of the “ no doctor on staff “ patients, that come through the ER …… let the employed physicians take them and YOU ( self employed) have more peace .
After Covid crisis, Independant medical is vital. Always grateful, for the FLCCC info. They have shown our family, never lose hope. Much respect, God Bless.
Good idea to be certain. How do regular people already struggling to afford groceries fit this into the budget?
Healthcare or should I say Disease Care will not survive the economic crash that is coming, and most physicians (who work for institutions and corporations - which is most of them) will find them selves out of the street. 2025 will be a very difficult year for many, but in the USA - we are the only first world country where the more we spend the worse the outcomes... the only country where this happens and we are at the bottom for health and infant mortality in the first world.
Without going into detail with how we got here, the point is... what is today will not be tomorrow... that is not a quote from Kamala.... everything is about to change, be we need independt physicians when this goes down because they may be thhe only ones in practice for a very long time
The fast-food disease care system does a very good job.
You spend $Trillion per year for a life expectancy of 76 years!
Spending less should significantly increase life expectancy.
Therefore, the disease care system is designed to destroy life.
Is there anyone here who can tell me how to get a prescription for ivermectin? My brother has cancer and I’m desperate! He is willing to try and I can’t find where to get it
While I agree independent physicians would most likely provide better care to the patient, how do I, the patient actually pay for it? Right now I'm paying over 7K a year in a HDHP for a family of 4. I then have to pay $3500 a year out of pocket with my HSA account before the insurance starts paying for anything. When they do start paying - I still have a 20% copay.
Enter the independent physician that no longer accepts health insurance/Medicare payment. Great for the physician but me the patient is still paying through the nose. I can't drop insurance and go with just pay for service - what happens when I end up in hospital for anything? I can't pay for that out of pocket - not enough money in any HSA account to do that or anywhere else!
The point I'm trying to make here is this might be great for the physician side of things but unless you have lots of money or no money at all, those of us in the 'middle class' do not benefit. The ENTIRE system needs to be reformed/scrapped - this is just one part of a very broken system.
If I'm missing something - please share - I'd love to hear any and all solutions.
I was where you are before I got onto Medicare, so I feel your pain. Now I have a system-independent doc with low cost insurance. To your concern, if we are to change the system we have to make it reasonably possible for the masses. Part of the problem is employer-provided health insurance. This tends to lock people into the system. That could be ended by removing the tax deduction for health benefits removing the incentive for companies to offer it.