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09/25/2026

Same colonoscopy. Three prices in one city.

About $9,490 list. About $5,694 cash. Around $906 negotiated — from the hospitals’ own federal files.

Curious which lane your EOB picked?

Direct Care: price on the door. Keep a policy for the wreck.

Cincinnati colonoscopy shows three published prices — list ~$9,490, cash ~$5,694, negotiated ~$906 — and Direct Care still puts one number on the door.

09/25/2026

47% of insured adults say their insurer denied or delayed care in the past two years.

With a chronic condition: 57%.

Prior auth is the burden after price. Keep insurance for the wreck. Direct Primary Care handles the oil change — flat monthly, no claim, no permission slip.

Nearly half of insured adults had care denied or delayed in two years — prior auth is the biggest burden beyond cost, and Direct Care deletes that gate.

09/23/2026

Same colonoscopy. About $1,162 at one center. Up to ~$23,873 at another.

Turquoise Health turns hospital transparency files into a patient search bar. Compare. Confirm before you book.

Direct Care already puts the number on the door.

Search any procedure, add your insurance, and see what nearby providers actually charge. No signup, no surprises. Just a clear estimate before your appointment.

09/22/2026

Employer health costs headed up 8.2% in 2027 — biggest jump since 2003.

Higher deductibles. Bigger paycheck deductions. Same story for a lot of families.

Curious what your plan is doing to the paycheck next year?

Direct Care is a flat monthly fee. No claim. No network. The price on the door is the price you pay.

Mercer projects employer health benefit costs up 8.2 percent in 2027 — the biggest jump since 2003 — even after planned cuts.

09/20/2026

There’s a parable about rats in a well: they fight each other while the farmer watches from above.

Prior auth, denials, and network games work the same way — patients and doctors pointed at each other so nobody looks up.

Direct care is leaving the well. Membership. Real access. No claim form for a sore throat.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdN6UPlzE7i/

09/18/2026

Good news if you have (or want) an HSA and a Direct Primary Care membership.

New IRS rules: stay at or under $150/month for one person ($300 for family) and you can keep contributing to your HSA while you are enrolled. Most DPC memberships already land in that range.

Flat monthly fee. No claim. No network. The number on the door is the number you pay — and the savings account can finally work with it.

A qualifying DPC membership stays HSA-contribution compatible at or under $150 a month for one person, or $300 for more than one.

09/18/2026

US News ranked the best healthcare jobs for 2026.

Direct primary care didn’t make the cut.

If they’re not listing it, they aren’t paying attention — because for a lot of us, it’s the best. Real patients. No claim form for a sore throat. Membership instead of a billing department.

Explore the best healthcare jobs 2026 ranked by U.S. News, highlighting top roles like nurse practitioner and physician assistant.

09/17/2026

A new Healio piece on Direct Primary Care quotes us on a simple test: less than free. All the care you need, and money left over.

Migraine medicine can be $100 with a coupon. It is $5 in clinic. That is the model. Time, wholesale meds, no billing department.

Keep a policy for the wreck. Primary care should not need one.

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 American Academy of Family Physicians defines direct primary care (DPC) as an alternative to the tra...

09/17/2026

NY cut ACA rate asks from ~21–24% down to 6% / 8%.

Don’t cheer. The bill got postponed, not deleted — thinner networks and bigger renewals later are how deferred math returns.

Direct care doesn’t need that haircut to work.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/5-states-finalize-2027-aca-rates/

09/16/2026

Same ride. Different price — when you drop the middleman.

Primary care works that way too. Direct membership. Wholesale meds. No claim form for a sore throat. Keep insurance for the big stuff.