@AtlasMD

Real prices and how direct care works, daily. Flat monthly fee. No claims. No network. The number on the door is the number you pay. Wichita, KS.

 Wichita Kansas
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Optimus MD
@xai_healthOct 25
Grok Bot can now save logins, cards and contact info once and remember them. Imagine a direct primary care desk where the bot handles supply reorders, vendor checkouts and portal sign-ins, and the doctor never pastes a password again. Less admin. More doctoring.
Grok Bot
@botOct 23
Grok Bot can now save your logins, cards, and contact information. Add them once, and Bot securely remembers them for the future.
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helping someone “make more money” is often the right answer in many industries but in healthcare, it’s almost always the wrong answer
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Have a primary care doctor but can't get an appointment? 🩺 Dr. Brad Burget explains how Direct Primary Care is different. 💙 Same-day or next-day visits often available 💙 More time with your doctor 💙 No primary care copays primary-healthpartners.com/
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You can give employees a better health insurance plan AND save money.
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Dr. Shane
@docshanepOct 5
Serious question: do insurance companies and hospitals have ANY incentive to lower prices? Any at all? Zero reason. @HeathVeuleman @DrDiGiorgio @AtlasMD @realdocspeaks
STAT
@statnewsOct 5
Why is health insurance getting so expensive? One major reason: the prices charged across the health care industry. STAT’s Bob Herman examines how rising hospital and pharmaceutical prices are driving up premiums — and why more employers are looking to the government to intervene. Read the latest installment of “Out of Pocket, Out of Reach.”bit.ly/4edjsFi
Graphic titled “Prescription drugs, outpatient services drove jump in health spending,” showing percent growth in per-person spending from 2021 to 2026. Prescription drug spending increased 77%, hospital outpatient spending 41%, physician care 25%, and hospital inpatient spending 18%.

ALT Graphic titled “Prescription drugs, outpatient services drove jump in health spending,” showing percent growth in per-person spending from 2021 to 2026. Prescription drug spending increased 77%, hospital outpatient spending 41%, physician care 25%, and hospital inpatient spending 18%.

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1% of hospital expenses is charity. (15B / 1.6T) I keep saying ... in hospital math ... every part of the hospital "subsidizes" every other part ... Which part is taking the loss?
Katy Talento
@KatyTalentoOct 2
Replying to @KatyTalento
Check it out here: katytalento.com/p/the-charit…

The Charity That Doubled a Nun’s Medical Bill

A tax-exempt hospital punished one of my sisters for asking for a fair price. A new study shows what we actually get for nonprofit hospitals’ tax breaks.

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Mark Cuban
@mcubanSep 22
I hope people realize that for the foreseeable future, the cost of healthcare benefits will get more people fired, or not hired, than AI
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Replying to @AtlasMD @mcuban
directhospitalcare.com

Direct Hospital Care — A hospital owned by the people who use it.

A membership model for rural hospitals: no insurance billing, no government funding, no private equity.

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I’m in the car wash and here’s my thoughts….. How many people pay $50/month for a car wash membership but not a DPC membership?
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Ge Bai
@GeBaiDCSep 17
Join us Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1–2 PM, for a lecture by @HHSGov Chief Economist & Chief Regulatory Officer Dr. Casey B. Mulligan @caseybmulligan (Professor of Economics @UChicago @UChi_Economics): Consumer Choice Valuation & Market Force in Medicare Reimbursement In-person registration ends Friday at 3 PM: aspe.hhs.gov/events Agenda: · Opening remarks by HHS Senior Counselor for Policy Kenneth Callahan · Lecture by Dr. Casey B. Mulligan · Audience Q&A · Closing remarks by me Location: HHS Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Building Livestream: hhs.gov/live/
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BREAKING: New technology will destroy society. -Humanity, every few decades for the last 500 years.
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Direct primary care would save patients a massive amount of money. - TPPF's Dr. Clifford Porter
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Don’t be fooled. Insurance doesn’t give you access to doctors. Direct Primary care does.
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Senate Republicans made it easier for Americans to pay for doctors visits.  You can now use your tax-free HSA funds to pay for Direct Primary Care and doctor subscriptions.  That means a stronger relationship with your doctor, faster care, and less insurance bureaucracy for routine visits.
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I increased our 1997 prices once and once, only by 9% average in 2021. GKS
James Frank
@RepJamesFrankSep 10
Preach!! #txlege
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Sally Pipes
@sallypipesSep 8
A recent study found that nearly half of Canadian emergency physicians cut their clinical hours in 2025. One in ten had left emergency medicine entirely. Medicare for All cannot solve a doctor shortage by putting even more demand on the doctors who remain. newsmax.com/sallypipes/cbo-f…

El-Sayed Promises Medicare for All, His Wife Opted Out

Canada is demonstrative of what happens when the supply of medical care struggles to keep up with demand. Feeling the squeeze, Canadians faced a median wait of 28.6 weeks from referral by a family...

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Sally Pipes
@sallypipesSep 8
Policymakers say they want more competition in healthcare. Then they should stop paying hospitals more for the same services patients can receive in a doctor's office. That payment imbalance helps drive consolidation — and leaves patients with fewer choices. Read more: richmond.com/opinion/column/…

How government policy is killing independent medicine | Guest column

Government policies that favor hospitals over independent practices are accelerating healthcare consolidation, driving physicians into hospital systems and leaving patients with fewer choices, less...

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Direct primary care gains momentum as experts weigh benefits and tradeoffso healio.com/news/primary-care…

Direct primary care gains momentum as experts weigh benefits and tradeoffs

Membership-based primary healthcare is becoming commonplace, offering longer visits, more individualized care and lower out-of-pocket costs for certain tests and medications, according to experts.The...

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Welcome to the party, KFF. Smart employers, health care sharing orgs, and individual patients have been paying cash at direct primary care practices and physician-owned surgery centers for at least a decade. Glad you just discovered the phenomenon.
KFF Health News@KFFHealthNewsSep 3
When surgery became unavoidable, a man with no insurance shopped around for the best price for a hernia repair — and saved thousands by traveling out of state. Paula Andalo | July 29 kffhealthnews.org/health-car…

Uninsured but Undaunted, a Surgical Patient Searched the Globe for a Deal - KFF Health News

When surgery became unavoidable, a man with no insurance shopped around for the best price for a hernia repair — and saved thousands by traveling out of state.

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AtlasMD
@AtlasMDAug 13
Don’t tax the trillionaire. Task him. Healthcare is the last unfixed industry Elon hasn’t aimed his method at. How much can @elonmusk fix in 19 days? realclearhealth.com/articles…

Don't Tax the Trillionaire. Task Him.

The world recently minted its first trillionaire, and the inevitable refrain afterward was clear - tax him However, taxing Elon Musk to fund anything chosen by the government is a waste of productivit

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