Direct primary care offers a market solution to doctor shortages.

Posted: Oct 12, 2016

physician, the doctor — not insurance companies or government regulators — sets his own rates. His patients pay a monthly fee for unlimited access to office visits and free in-office testing and procedures. And getting rid of the middleman cuts patient costs as much as 50 percent. Savage told Watchdog.org he adopted the DPC model after 12 years of traditional practice so he could focus on his patients instead of bureaucracy. “I wanted to work in a system that facilitated being a quality physician, instead of one in which you had to fight against the system to be a quality physician. Direct primary care allows me to do this,” he said. . . ;