Swordsmyth
05-24-2019, 06:48 PM
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp recently signed into law legislation that should spur the growth of free-market medicine in the Peach State, a move some observers believe will hasten the demise of ObamaCare.
On April 25, Kemp, a Republican, signed (https://wnegradio.com/kemp-signs-10-healthcare-legislations-into-law/) the Direct Primary Care Act, which allows doctors and patients to enter into private healthcare agreements unencumbered by the bureaucracy of insurance. The state Senate and House of Representatives passed the bills almost unanimously. The law will take effect July 1.
According to the Tenth Amendment Center’s Mike Maharrey (https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2019/05/signed-as-law-georgia-bill-to-expand-healthcare-freedom/):
The new law specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance, thereby freeing doctors and patients from the onerous requirements and regulations under the state insurance code. Under the new law, a physician offering, marketing, selling, or entering into a direct primary care agreement will not be required to obtain a certificate of authority or license other than to maintain a current license to practice medicine with the State of Georgia.
Under direct primary care agreements, doctors and patients enter into a contract whereby the patient pays a flat fee for a specified array of physician services, which may include everything from office, home, and virtual visits to minor surgical procedures. Some doctors even offer prescription drugs to their patients at little to no cost.
Such agreements do not involve either public or private insurance and thus are free of the associated red tape and high costs.
More at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/32442-georgia-allows-doctors-to-offer-flat-rate-care-agreements
On April 25, Kemp, a Republican, signed (https://wnegradio.com/kemp-signs-10-healthcare-legislations-into-law/) the Direct Primary Care Act, which allows doctors and patients to enter into private healthcare agreements unencumbered by the bureaucracy of insurance. The state Senate and House of Representatives passed the bills almost unanimously. The law will take effect July 1.
According to the Tenth Amendment Center’s Mike Maharrey (https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2019/05/signed-as-law-georgia-bill-to-expand-healthcare-freedom/):
The new law specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance, thereby freeing doctors and patients from the onerous requirements and regulations under the state insurance code. Under the new law, a physician offering, marketing, selling, or entering into a direct primary care agreement will not be required to obtain a certificate of authority or license other than to maintain a current license to practice medicine with the State of Georgia.
Under direct primary care agreements, doctors and patients enter into a contract whereby the patient pays a flat fee for a specified array of physician services, which may include everything from office, home, and virtual visits to minor surgical procedures. Some doctors even offer prescription drugs to their patients at little to no cost.
Such agreements do not involve either public or private insurance and thus are free of the associated red tape and high costs.
More at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/32442-georgia-allows-doctors-to-offer-flat-rate-care-agreements