I'm a doctor. I ditched traditional health insurance for my family of 4, and I'm not looking back.
A physician shares his personal decision to abandon traditional health insurance in favor of a direct primary care model combined with a medical cost-sharing group. He argues that the current insurance-based system causes burnout and limits the quality of patient care.
Why it matters
It highlights growing physician dissatisfaction with the American healthcare insurance model and the rise of alternative, direct-pay medical practices.
Dr. Ben Hagopian sees patients through Direct Primary Care. He also made the switch for his family of four, combining DPC with a cost-share group. Courtesy of Ben Hagopian. I've been a doctor for more than a decade and have a family of four. I've traded traditional health insurance for direct primary care and a medical cost-sharing group. For the first time, I feel like I'm truly in control of our healthcare. I've spent more than a decade navigating the labyrinth of American healthcare . I've worn the white coat, spent sleepless nights on call, signed the charts, and cared for thousands of patients. A few years ago, I realized I couldn't keep participating in a system that felt like it was designed to fail the very people it was meant to serve.
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