A Doc thank you so much for the insight on this and for the kind support. I am tried of listening to policymakers and legislators complain about costs of healthcare here in MA but yet continuing more of the same. The DPC model could save this state and its taxpayers billions of dollars. Happy holidays and thanks for reading. Feel free to share!

For some time I was doing disability exams for the state, and when people came in with something that clearly fell far short of qualifying for disability – and I wrote it up in that way, inevitably (and initially surprisingly) people would show up a few days or weeks later thanking me and showing off the received state-benefit card.

In fact, the state’s intermediary specifically asked me to stop putting down any type of conclusion that patient could return to any type of work. They did not want any documentation that would contravene their (essentially forgone) conclusion that they were going to hand out state-benefits to every applicant.

Thus my initial point above.

You are to be commended for your honesty. Best of luck in your excellent work.