Are subscription models the future of healthcare?

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These plans are often known as "Direct Primary Care", and from what I understand have to be approved by state regulatory boards (largely comprised of established or retired doctors) before a provider can offer such a service.

This would be a great alternative to "no healthcare" for the uninsured, even though it in no way covers catastrophic scenarios. At least it would provide general health/wellness and preventative care (what most people need on an annual basis) at a far cheaper price point than insurance premiums + deductibles.

Here's some more reading on this: https://www.goodrx.com/insurance/direct-primary-care

That sounds ab9ut right. Its a band-aid for expanding standard care and standard diagnoatics and general preventative(pre-op weight manahement, diabetes etc). For specialist and subsequent non-streamlined health necessities like treatment for extensive illnesses (cancer, autoimmune disease, cardiovasc, nervous, muscular disease, tumor response care) and spur of the moment operation stuffs, wont hold much. Need a bigger systemic solution.

No. Free healthcare is.

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