We have a patient/physician co-op, here. It was apparently modeled off the one in Houston, TX.
http://www.ppcpdxcoop.org/ The general site is here: http://www.patientphysiciancoop.com/ My worry is that we have so few MDs on the list here in PDX. There seem to be a lot more in Houston. I am extremely skeptical of alternative medicines. But if enough people use them _and_ we collect enough data, it should provide higher quality than allopathic clinical trials. So, I encourage all of _you_ to use alternative medicine. I'll wait for the data. ;-) Parks, Raymond wrote at 04/23/2012 02:15 PM: > There was a doctor in NYC who tried to set up a business model where > his patients paid him $70 per month (he calculated that amount based > on office overhead and his income) and they had the right to visit > him X number of times per month. The various one-payer systems > (Medicare, insurance) called in the insurance regulators, claiming > that he was operating as an insurance company. > > I have friend who recently retired from being an Ob/Gyn. He worked > in ABQ but followed his wife to Winslow. There he worked for what > his patients could give him - many times including livestock (mostly > chickens). He told me that he made more money through that informal > system than he made here through the whole office/insurance/hospital > privileges/etc. system. > [...] > > On Apr 23, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: >> >> My fantasy is that we all get together to form a Dr/patients >> association and conspire against the insurance companies. -- glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
