Chris is joined by Dr. Keith Smith and James Dunavant of the Free Market Medical Association. Dr. Smith is the co founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma and an icon in the free market medical community. James serves as the Executive Director of the FMMA. They discussed the upcoming initiatives being led by the FMMA as well as information about the FMMA's annual conference. 

On this episode, Shawn Needham and his wife, Janet, discuss starting their own, independent pharmacy in the late 90’s, Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy. On first glance this is a success story for an independent pharmacy but Shawn explains what makes their pharmacy different in a big way.

On today’s show Rebecca Kiessling of the Benjamin Rush Institute. Rebecca is leading the Benjamin Rush Institute in its mission to preserve the doctor-patient relationship and she discusses the initiatives that are growing within our country's medical schools.

On this episode is Jay Kempton of The Kempton Group and co founder of the Free Market Medical Association. Jay took over and grown a TPA (third party administration) benefits company in an unorthodox way...he doesn’t like working with insurance companies. 

On this episode of Healthcare Americana, Chris is joined by Sedera founder and chairman, Dr. Tony Dale. Sedera is a medical cost sharing community and Dr. Dale discusses his experience and history with healthshares, why he got involved, and how Sedera benefits individuals and employers. Chris and Dr. Dale also discuss the impact that direct primary care has on Sedera members and how Freedom Healthworks' DPC community + Sedera is a win-win.

On this week’s episode of Healthcare Americana, Chris sat down with businesswoman Carrie Levin, to talk about her story as a three time cancer patient, her experience with her hospital system, and what happened when her health plan coverage abandoned her, forcing her to foot surgery bills herself. She also has some advice for anyone that might find themselves in the same situation.

On this week's episode of Healthcare Americana, Chris sat down with his brother and co founder, Adam Habig, to talk about recent action by the Trump Administration to help bring transparency to the healthcare industry. Adam shares his ideas on the effect of these efforts and why not everyone is thrilled. 

On this week's episode of Healthcare Americana, Chris sat down with his brother and co founder, Adam Habig, to talk about legislative strategies to help encourage physicians to enter into direct care. Adam shares his ideas on what can be done to help physicians and patients with the burden of the modern healthcare industry. 

Dr. Haynes' work on the policy side of healthcare has helped her understand the inner workings of the industry over the past 10 years. Focusing on the unifying power of direct care, she discusses how to push the model forward and why it works for so many people.

It's rare that a doctor starts a new practice out of residency, let alone a practice with an innovative care model like direct primary care.