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EPISODE · Jun 22, 2026 · 26 MIN

Episode 2: Cutting Out the Middleman with Direct Care

from Free Health Care · host Benjamin Rush Institute

Why are an increasing number of physicians choosing to step outside the insurance-driven system in favor of direct care? In this episode, we explore how American health care has changed since WWII and the litany of policy decisions that, directly or indirectly, further separated consumers from the actual cost of their health care. Between growing dissatisfaction with insurers and the broken promises of the Affordable Care Act, more and more Americans are seeking a market reform that will restore the doctor-patient relationship—and they're finding it through DPC.

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