Direct Primary Care: Remaking the Health Care System | Shane Purcell | TEDxFurmanU

Insurance can be expensive and mind-boggling, why not visit a doctor who doesn't take it? Dr. Shane Purcell talks about direct primary care and how this system of health care may be the new model for the health care industry.

[DivineMisterAdVentures]

He may be off by a factor of 2 or 3 and still be 10X ahead. The system is adversarial to the patient's best interests in regards to mental, physical and financial health and sense of well being.

[interohealth]

Great presentation! With no cost barriers for members, they are engaged with the provider to manage their chronic conditions effectively and direct them to the correct care settings.

[markwhite]

The "white coat" syndrome kicked in the second I saw it. My BP went up ten points.

[ZombieLincoln]

I’ve heard great things about direct primary care

[palittle]

...DPC is great EXCEPT you still need insurance for hospital coverage. Accidents happen and you need to be prepared with insurance for a hospital stay or have plenty of money to pay out of pocket (which will be a fortune).

[martinjimenez]

Free markets not crony government-private insurance. Third party payer insurance is the problem, hides real costs, no price signaling? Same with everything government from central banking to military contracts?

[juanfelipe]

Every conservative should be behind this

[TheMedivalmann]

Bull, it says on many DPC webpages that costs can still accumulated for things such as blood tests and urine samples.... I'm sick of every "professional" lying to everyone. The monthly fee doesn't cover everything like you claim.

[vernehouse]

A good pitch but riddled with "errors of omission." E.G., are you mobile? Do you travel? Nothing is said about getting care when you are not near this clinic. Or, when you are in an accident needing emergency care by medical personnel who might not be part of this clinic. I agree that US medicine is a sick system but Medicare is multiples more efficient than Medicare Advantage companies. My supplementary BCBS is way too expensive but Direct Primary Care is not going to cover much that my insurance covers. If you sign up with DPC, good luck with your health and stay home.

[a.randolph]

Haha! The Krebs cycle....brings back memories.

[danamay]

I think there are many people who would work in a clinic and donate their time in order to make it so everyone can have almost free heath care. I think we should open clinics have cleaning people, nurses doctors maintenance people pharmacists and others who work a few days a month for free and give patients almost free health care. To those who can't afford it. Kind of like the Red Cross. Make it a true non profit organization. They could take let over medications that haven't been opened from nursing homes and distribute them. I'm up for it. Is anyone else? We start with one clinic at a time, in the most populated areas and see low income people without insurance or crispy insurance. We can even extend visiting nurses into their homes to give if therapy. That's what i think should happen. Everyone employed gets free health care instead of a pay check. Its possible to have socialism and capitalism in one country. That's my opinion. End HEAD Start and give that tax money back to seniors. Toddlers do not need class room instruction. Play is the work of a child, author unknown. Set up free meal distribution for ALL homeless hungry people and the toddlers can come eat. Things need switched up. We could call it Socialist Health Care of America, non profit. Lets get together and just do it!

[Realitycheck-mqt]

What’s terrible about that story is that it’s her 7th child