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Over the past year, new health coverage products that are not subject to the consumer protections of the Affordable Care Act have hit the individual market. One type of limited health-insurance-like offering that was already available but is now gaining attention is a direct primary care arrangement, or DPCA. Most often, a DPCA is a contract between a primary care provider and a patient, under which the provider agrees to deliver primary care services in exchange for a monthly fee.
       

Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - October 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maanasa Kona, Kevin Lucia, Sabrina Corlette Source Type: blogs