Heartland Daily Podcast – Dr. Kathleen Brown: Opt-In for a Cash Practice, Opt-Out of Medicare and Insurance

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Michael Hamilton

Michael Hamilton is the Heartland Institute research fellow for health care issues and the managing editor of Health Care News. A Hillsdale College graduate and former educator, he has written and edited for a variety of online and print media including The Federalist, PJ Media, WORLD, The Philos Project, Canon & Culture, LifeSiteNews.com, The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation blog Dissident, and Ohio Conservative Review. Michael serves as vice chairman of the board of Forge Leadership Network to help identify, train, and connect America's future statesmen.

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Patients save on expenses and anxiety when they visit Dr. Kathleen Brown’s clinic, Oregon Coast Dermatology. Brown converted her practice almost entirely to a cash business in 2011, after 16 years of diverting her own and her patients’ time and money to satisfy cumbersome requirements foisted upon doctors by the federal government and insurance companies.

Now Brown, who says only a few of her patients have a lot of money, posts her prices online–$35 for 5 minutes, $60 for 10, etc.–and deals almost entirely in cash. She devotes more time to patients, offers them better care, and has never had a patient question her transparency. Brown shares her (and her patients’) success story with Health Care News Managing Editor Michael Hamilton on this episode of the Health Care News podcast.

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