Today in Madison, public testimony on bills related to the exemption of direct primary care from the application of insurance law will be heard by the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care (10 a.m.) and the Senate Committee on Health (12:30 p.m.).
Given the rising costs of healthcare in Wisconsin — and the state’s deteriorating health outcomes — the Badger Institute continues its longstanding support of direct primary care as a free-market solution for Wisconsin patients and providers alike.
The Badger Institute is wholeheartedly in support of this important legislation. In fact, we have been pushing for a path toward direct primary care in this state for years for a fundamental reason: Healthcare in Wisconsin is too expensive and in decline.
While incumbent players in an anticompetitive healthcare system might resist, direct primary care will control costs while empowering patients, physicians and employers that pay for benefits.
The growing Wisconsin health care crisis is not caused by doctors and nurses. It is caused by the “suits” running giant health systems and by state government health policy and administration.
