Finding Affordable Healthcare Options

1. The Alternative to Health Insurance in Utah Have you ever wondered if there’s an alternative to health insurance? There is, it’s called direct primary care. We don’t go into all the details here but below are four things you can expect from a primary direct care doctor office. Upfront Prices: Insurance companies charge monthly fees and confusing deductibles. On top of that, they only cover specific services and only so much of their costs. With traditional insurance, it’s a struggle to know precisely what you’ll pay when you see your physician. Primary direct care charges a set fee per person based on their age. Adults between 18 and 40, usually cost $50 a month, kids are typically only $10; the point is you always know what you’re going to pay. More access to your doctor: When you pay for health insurance, your insurer limits the number and type of visits you can make to your doctor. Once you’ve reached that limit, paying for medical

2. expenses comes out of your pocket. With direct primary care, you pay a monthly fee which goes straight to your doctor. That monthly fee that you pay has no limits on the number of doctor visits you can make in a year. Consequently, you have unlimited access to your primary care physician if and when you need it for no additional costs. More time with your doctor: Following a traditional healthcare model, you wait weeks for an appointment with your doctor. On the day of your appointment, it’s not uncommon for you to spend more time in the lobby than with your physician. One contributing factor to that reality is the fact that doctors who make money by billing insurance companies make more money by seeing more patients. Primary direct care ds are different. Whether you spend ten minutes or an hour with a direct care physician, they’re going to get paid the same amount. As such, direct care doctors have more time to spend with their patients. Higher quality professional relationship: When your primary care physician in Lehi only spends ten minutes with you a few times a year, it’s difficult for them to form a relationship with you. Working relationships are even harder to create when a doctor sees over 2,500 patients. Primary direct care doctors typically have fewer than 700 patients. Fewer patients and more time spent with them makes it easier for a direct care physician to get to know you as a person and a patient.