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People often confuse health insurance with health care.  They are NOT the same.  Insurance is a way of PAYING for care, and is not care in itself. 

Health insurance is also just ONE way of paying for higher cost care.  There are other ways to pay for care, one of which is medical cost sharing.  Many individuals have chosen this method of paying for higher cost expenses, and often times it is much cheaper than traditional insurance.

In this episode, we are joined by Eric Baird, founder of Health Share Support, as we learn more about this alternative way of paying for higher cost health expenses, which pairs very nicely with direct primary care, at fractions of the cost of traditional health insurance.

COVID has changed the way we work and live.  Unemployment rates went up.  But did you know that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have an unemployment rate of over 80% at baseline?  Imagine if you went through school only to be told that you may not have a job afterwards?

So what is life like in these families?  In this authentic conversation, facing the trials and joys of raising a child with an Intellectual and Developmental Disability, I welcome Noelle Alix, a finance attorney and co-owner of Beanz and Co, a cafe that focuses on inclusive employment.

Join me on this personal and emotional journey of the life of families who not only have to plan for themselves, but also the responsibility of planning for their children's future in a way that many people don't have to.

Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes in a doctor's life?  Or why your visits may last only 8-12 minutes?  Did you know doctor's may get pay cuts if they don't see a certain number of patients a day, or if they don't bill a certain amount of money?  

In this behind-the-scenes season premiere of 4 Elements of Health Care, Dr. Vasanth Kainkaryam, Founder of 4 Elements Direct Primary Care, has the opportunity to interview Dr. Anand Mehta, Founder of StandUp Family Medicine, a #directprimarycare practice in Georgia.

In this authentic conversation where they share the harsh realities of how the system "retrains" physicians, they discuss the reality of being an employed physician and discuss the power of the independent practice of medicine.