There are so many problems with our current healthcare system. The difficulty getting appointments. The rushed visits. The paperwork. The surprise bills. I’ve addressed how Direct Primary Care solves a lot of these in my last post. But there’s another element I haven’t touched on yet, but that’s ultimately even more important: insurance driven care is very standardized, which means that it’s often five, ten, or even twenty years behind the science.
To illustrate this point, let me give an example. Let’s suppose that tomorrow a new test was developed that could accurately diagnose pancreatic cancer (one of the most lethal types of cancer) years before it could otherwise be detected by current means. You would think it would be adopted right away by the medical establishment and that doctors would be offering it to every patient at their annual physical starting immediately. But it’s almost certain that would not happen.
