This week wraps up the first annual Healthcare Solutions Week — where public policy think tanks nationwide are raising awareness about how market-based principles can reduce health care costs while increasing quality and accessibility of care.

A massive government overhaul of our healthcare delivery system continues to unfold, and the nation is embarking upon uncharted territory. Providers are fed up with reduced payments, spending more time wading through convoluted third party paperwork, and not being reimbursed in a timely fashion (Can someone say NC Tracks?).

However, an increasing number of medical providers are taking on a business model that avoids Obamacare’s additional unhealthy layers of regulations. By cutting out the middleman insurer, more doctors are delivering primary care services to patients in exchange for direct payment. Also known as “concierge care,” direct primary care has been a niche market for years. While it once catered to affluent patients, the trend is now shifting toward offering affordable services to middle class and low-income patients.

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