Cohousing-L Mailing List: Insurance-free healthcare

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Sharon,

Interesting thoughts.  One problem with the US healthcare system (as I
see it) is that typical/universal mindset that everything must be
handled by some mega-corporation, generally the one(s) which provide the
largest campaign contributions.

Would you consider taking on a practice consisting only of patients who
were individually self-insured?  I.e., everyone would simply pay you
out-of-pocket when using your services.  How many patients typically
comprise a physician's practice?  How many nurses and other medical
support personnel does a family practice generally require?




Saramandaia Farm wrote:
> I'm in complete agreement with Martin about the US medical system(s),
> and have run up against the proverbial brick wall trying to combine
> solutions for our own long-term needs (we're 60 and 71, no health
> problems at all) with affordable housing in the US and my wish to
> practice medicine on a very part-time basis for chunks of time...kind
> of like job-sharing/co-housing/home exchange.  This seems not  really
> to be the right forum for discussing personal solutions.   But I'll
> post anyway...maybe someone would like to respond off-list:)
> 
> I'm a family doctor living outside the US (less expensive, less
> government intrusion, and it's my home after 35 years here).  I  have
> no health insurance coverage in the US and couldn't afford to buy  a
> home at the prices I see in co-housing communities...unless we sold
> what we already own, or I worked full-time.  We designed our lives
> to date to be much more flexible than that.  We could just stay
> where we are, but we also have 2 grown kids living in the US, and
> grandchildren there (Seattle area).  So it's a funny situation for
> us.  We'd like to live for several months of the year in a
> co-housing setting.  I'm a board-certified family doc, US trained
> and licensed,  and would enjoy working for a few months of the  year.
> We're debt-free and own our own home and farm...lots of  land, 3
> houses.    Also, we have a 16 year old homeschooled  daughter.  How
> to put that into a plan that suits all needs, or at  least some of
> them, has thus far escaped us.  ....
> 
> Sharon


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