{"id":6008,"date":"2017-02-28T08:53:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2017-02-28T08:53:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:53:35","slug":"advocates-of-flat-fee-primary-care-see-opening-in-gops-market-driven-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6008","title":{"rendered":"Advocates Of Flat-Fee Primary Care See Opening In GOP\u2019s Market-Driven Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, people paid for routine primary care on their own and used insurance only when something serious came up. Some primary care doctors are betting that model can thrive again through a monthly subscription for routine care and a high-deductible insurance policy to take care of the big stuff. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/advocates-of-flat-fee-primary-care-see-opening-in-gops-market-driven-approach\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=43514597&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8RRcCmgSrRA5lYQQk93-UICcU1Uf-ERFxwQqvP2lO8waEoqD2SVdIvw9KdilRdDPJCiFuoWhk5xE5AZiFNpSjzk5YVvQ&amp;_hsmi=43514597\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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