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Cash Only Doctors: Challenges And Prospects Of Autonomy And Access, Jeffrey B. Hammond

Jeffrey B. Hammond

With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the American healthcare system is poised to fundamentally change. However, the Affordable Care Act’s passage has made many physicians queasy at the prospect of more bureaucratic control over their professional lives. Hence, a form of ambulatory medicine not seen since before the advent of health insurance, “cash only” medicine, or healthcare encounters fully paid in (usually) the primary care doctor’s office, is beginning to gain more attention among doctors and in the popular press. This Article argues that cash only medicine is a salutary development in the …