Direct Primary Care Removes the Middlemen and Lowers the Cost of Health Care
There are perverse incentives in the healthcare system. As a part of my mission to provide affordable and accessible health care in Detroit and beyond, it needs to be said that the middlemen in healthcare inflate the cost of the care that you receive.
Anthem Revenue $104 Billion (2019)
Cigna Revenue $154 Billion (2019)
United Revenue $242 Billion (2019)
Cigna CEO salary $18.9 million (2018)
United CEO salary $21.5 million (2018)
Blue Cross CEO salary $19.2 million (2018)
The total annual healthcare spending in the US is over $3.6 trillion annually.
Healthcare spending on administration: 34%
Healthcare spending on physician salary: 8.6%
When your doctor can’t get you the tests/imaging/procedures/surgery/medication you NEED, remind yourself that the middle management, the CEOs, the lobbyists for health insurance company did NOT swear an oath to put your health above money.
Your doctor did.
Doctors are missing sleep, skipping vacation, answering calls on weekend and holidays, missing important family events, and otherwise working tirelessly to keep you healthy.
All of that's to say that I firmly believe in the power of the doctor-patient relationship and removing the middlemen from this equation. This is why we do what we do at Plum Health DPC.
https://www.plumhealthdpc.com/
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