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State of Healthcare talk December 2014

December 31, 2014 by Paul Williams Leave a Comment

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Government’s $1.2 trillion dollar subsidy of Healthcare

September 14, 2014 by Paul Williams Leave a Comment

Here is another article helping to show us how the medical industry is being underwritten by tax payer’s dollars and that in the not so distant future, the true cost of health insurance will be too expensive for the middle class to afford. Premiums continue to climb.

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Alternative to buying health insurance

September 10, 2014 by Paul Williams 1 Comment

The Federal health care law’s (Affordable Care Act) requirement that you have insurance or pay a penalty-tax (see 26 United States Code Section 5000A, (d), (2), (B)), can be met by a different route than buying the normal health insurance. It specifically allows healthcare sharing ministries, which are substantially cheaper than standard health insurance. This ... Continue Reading

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That blood test cost how much??

September 8, 2014 by Paul Williams Leave a Comment

Here is a great article about the ridiculous charges for an item that has a defined cost. A cholesterol panel (lipid panel) average charge was $220 (a range of $10 to $10,169 for the same test). While even at $5 a good profit can be had for that test. BMJ Open-2014-Hsia-

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Money in Healthcare

August 7, 2014 by Paul Williams Leave a Comment

Here is a list of finance facts that have come by my desk in over the past two weeks: – Congress approved $16.3 billion overhaul to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – To continue the Medicaid “pay raise” to doctors after 2014, it will cost the federal Government $11 billion over a two-year period ... Continue Reading

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About Doctor Paul

Dr. Paul Williams, MD is a small-town family practice doctor working in Centralia, Washington. He works from the same office where his primary care practice was established by his father over 38 years ago. He believes strongly that the art of the old-fashioned primary care doctor is an important feature of our medical system that should be preserved and protected from excess interference from insurance companies and government regulation alike.

Due to changes in the health care industry and regulations affecting it, and in an effort to preserve the art of old-fashioned primary care, Dr. Paul has shifted his practice to a Direct Care model, meaning that patients pay an affordable monthly fee to purchase primary care health care services directly, rather than having their services billed through an insurance company.

This blog is intended to help Dr. Paul's patients (and anyone else!) understand the changes the medical industry is going through, and to provide information about the Direct Care model of primary care.

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