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Affordable Care Act provisions spark a tech and app gold rush

6 pointsby closedbracketalmost 12 years ago

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will_brownalmost 12 years ago
Great read.<p>I am a co-founder of a health care start up, offering patients primary care for $20/month ($15/month corporate plan) and a $20 copay to see the Dr. or $10 copay to see a ARNP or PA. <i>All out of pocket, we do not accept insurance or medicare, as it would drive up our cost</i>.<p>Unfortunately, the future of our start-up is uncertain because of Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act ("ObamaCare"). Specifically, when the new law goes into full effect, patients will no longer be able to pay out of pocket for medical care. Obviously our start-up is geared towards underinsured and uninsured patients, so in the future our business model will likely be unlawful. Of course it is great these patients will have health insurance coverage, but their access to and quality of primary care will likely go down and their costs will go up.
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