Despite proposals from Biden to double-down on the current dysfunction, the Republicans have not coalesced around one plan, though many market-friendly reforms have been floated. Given the obvious fatal flaws of the Affordable Care Act and lack of political will to confront the real cost-drivers, many have lost faith in a government solution for a problem that government largely caused.
Fortunately, the private sector has brought forward new ideas for health care reforms, and these promise access to affordable and innovative care on our terms. Alternative market-driven options exist that improve access, reduce costs, and move patients into closer relationships with their doctors instead of with government bureaucracies.
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Wealth Extracting “Insurance” Bureaucracy vs Real Value-based Care: #DPC
From Dr. Lee Gross, Epiphany Health:
“New patient in the office today had a CT scan ordered by his urologist for presumed symptomatic kidney stones, which was denied by his insurance for 2 months. I ordered the study stat, cash pay. Done 30 minutes later, $220 cost paid by the patient. Stone identified, results given same day. Treatment and care plan initiated. Now that we have a diagnosis, the urologist has the insurance logjam relieved to proceed with a care plan if our conservative therapy is ineffective. Insurance is frequently an obstacle to health care.” #DPC
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Wax: Making a Killing in American Health Care, a Step-by-Step Guide
Master this how-to guide and you’ll be on your way.
Trump could revolutionize the private health insurance market
Some believe the Individual Market is too weak to revive, given the hit it took as as result of the ACA.
I am optimistic that this ruling to utilize HRA is this manner will be a “shot in the arm” and revitalize the market again.
This article below highlights the benefits of a defined contribution approach as a means to purchase health insurance. Anything that makes us less dependent on ESI and gives more portability & options, freeing the labor market from job-lock is a good thing. – Forum for Healthcare Freedom

“Last week, the White House finalized a rule that allows employers to fund health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) that can be used by workers to buy their own coverage on the individual market. This subtle, technical tweak has the potential to revolutionize the private health insurance market…
…The council found an elegant way to give employers the opportunity to voluntarily convert their health benefits from a defined benefit into a defined contribution. For example, an employer could fund an HRA for each worker and their family, which they could then use to shop for a plan that best suits their needs.”
University of Lynchburg launches Master of Health Benefits Design – University of Lynchburg

“There’s a need for cohesive education that shows corporations and benefits advisors how to tie together value-based approaches to health care that provide higher quality health care at significantly lower costs,” program director Dr. Tom Scott said. “Health care is expensive and unnecessarily complex. This program not only makes health care understandable, but it shows the way to lower costs and better outcomes.”
4 Questions for Politicians Claiming Single-Payer Will Lower Health Care Costs – Foundation for Economic Education
PassionForSubro » Health Insurance is NOT Health Care
“Just as health insurance is not health care, so too health insurance reform is not health care reform. Yet, because the ACA got so much press, and many previously uninsured individuals did secure insurance (giving us all the warm and fuzzies), the result was a nationwide misconception that affordable insurance equates with affordable health care. For many, ObamaCare is therefore viewed as a success because millions of uninsured Americans are now insured.
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Another Grim Reminder that Obamacare Has Made Healthcare More Expensive | International Liberty

Way back in 2009, some folks on the left shared a chart showing that national expenditures on healthcare compared to life expectancy. This comparison was not favorable to the United States, which e…
Source: Another Grim Reminder that Obamacare Has Made Healthcare More Expensive | International Liberty