Healthcare Uncut and Unfiltered

First time back after the new year. Looking back at 2023 and how we keep pushing free market principles in healthcare moving forward. 

We talk, we debate, we sip. Enjoy!

This episode's guest is Omar Arif. Omar is a 15 year veteran of the healthcare benefit space and most recently with ClaimDOC paving the way for reference based pricing. We talk family, work, international baseball and a little bit of bourbon. https://claim-doc.com/take-control-of-your-healthcare-spend/

Tracy Creger is one the most important people in the free market movement. She has set the standard for building and managing a free market health plan. Tracy has built direct contract networks saving employers and employers millions of dollars. She is the currently the owner of Connect Benefits.

Tom is a friend and pioneer of Free Market Healthcare. We chat about his involvement at the beginning of the free market health movement as well as his new role at UMR. We met Tom sharing great whiskey and we continued that tradition on today. Cheers to everyone blazing the trail to change healthcare!

Dr. Keith Smith is the trailblazer of the current free market medicine movement. He and his partners listed their pricing online and a movement was born, changing healthcare forever. Dr. Smith dropped in today to share his story as well as his thoughts on a variety of topics related to the hospital cartels, government overreach and how we are forcing the system to change. At the end of the session...

Troy Reichert is a pioneer in the free market world. He has seen every side of the industry and continues to help the movement forward. He joins us at the FMMA conference to talk about why he wrote his book Benefits Re-Imagined and about his time running a TPA. He also lets us know his second book is on the horizon and a bit more about what he's up to now. Buy 'Beneifts Re-Imagined' Here! Healthca...

Do you or your employees know how to define and manage all of the different options and terms of your health plan? We review a recent survey asking regular folks to define healthplan terms. The results are comical and scary all at the same time. We break down each term and cover some examples of why definitions matter. We also share a bottle of Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel to finish the podcast off...

This episode starts with a house fire and an anecdotal evidence that Free Market Medicine is causing real change. Mark gives us an overview of the tools needed to self-fund your health plan. Each arrow in the quiver of the plan is essential to success. We eventually crack opwn a bottle of Peerless Double Oaked Single Barrel and pour one more into the infinity bottle. Enjoy!

Show me the money! All of it. This episode we talk hidden costs and backroom deals. How is your broker paid, your pharmacy benefit manager, your third party administrator, your stop loss carrier, and on and on it goes. We also sip a bit of Weller Antique 107 to close it out. Enjoy! https://healthcareucuf.com/

How did America go from patient driven free market medicne to our current broken healthcare system? We talk about some of the original market driven inovations in health plan design as well as where things started to go south. The players involved might not be who you think. Once we understand how things began, we can start to see a way out of the current system. We go over direct primary care, di...

Do you have a broker? Most companies do, but whether it's a friend or family member or a complete stranger, you need to find out how it all works. In this episode, we dive into how your broker is paid and what questions you should be asking to find out if they have your best interests in mind. Want to watch the video version of this episode? https://youtu.be/gsOYzCcj0SE healthcareucuf.com

In this podcast we delve into a BETTER way for employers to provide healthcare to their employees. The solution is obvious but many aren't taking advantage of the oppertunity due to ignorance. We explore various models of employer-sponsored healthcare, and discuss what we think is the most effective and equitable approach. And of course, we take time to sip and savor the E.H. Taylor small batch bo...