Available for Interviews: John Rodriguez, MD
Dr. John Rodriguez is a Chief Medical Officer of Healthcare2U and is passionate about the care provided to their patients. He manages all the care providers in Healthcare2U’s network of clinics and oversees care protocols and training.
What Dr. Rodriguez can say in an interview about
Dissatisfaction in Healthcare:
There’s no denying it’s been a crazy few years in healthcare. The ever-changing landscape has left Americans feeling tired, financially drained, and disappointed.
A new Gallup poll reveals that less than half of Americans rate the US healthcare quality as good or excellent, the worst ranking in two decades.1 While the past few years do share a similar sentiment, it’s hard to ignore this trend and the fact that people want solutions to this problem, and they want them now.
Reasons why satisfaction
with healthcare is low
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- Cost. according to the poll, only 24 percent of people are satisfied with the cost of healthcare.2 In 2022, the average American spent $1,044 on healthcare per month.3 To put it into a different perspective, this is almost the same as the average monthly cost of rent ($1,295).4
- Quality of care. Since 2020, the percentage of Americans that thought their personal care was “excellent or good” dropped from 82 to 72 percent, the percentage that thought it was “fair” rose from 13 to 22 percent, and the percentage that thought it was “poor” rose from three to six percent. Although some may view these numbers as not being a drastic change, 28 percent of Americans still classify their care as “fair” or “poor— close to one-third of the population”1 Unfortunately, there has been an increased strain on healthcare workers in the past few years. This strain has resulted in burned-out employees in the same boat as many Americans—fed up with the system.
Americans’ frustration with healthcare isn’t new, and people are looking for alternatives to typical care access. There’s not much an individual can do to change the satisfaction of care, but something we can do is shift toward a more direct approach.
This is where direct primary care (DPC) comes in. DPC is an alternative model for primary care access, separate from insurance.
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- It’s not only beneficial for its members, but physicians are also seeing the positives of adopting this type of care as they gain freedom from dealing with time-consuming paperwork.
- DPC Physicians make their patients the priority via better monthly profit forecasts that, in turn, allow them to keep a manageable panel of patients.5
- It increases doctor-patient visit times while reducing ER visits.
- The usual 24-hour access offered by DPC practices as well as lowered costs of running an insurance-free practice allows for providers to practice quality healthcare while at the same time lowering healthcare costs.6
In layman’s terms, DPC is a healthcare membership that includes an affordable fixed monthly rate and more continuous and easy access to quality physician care.
Visit www.healthc2u.com for more information. Healthcare2U is the nation’s fastest-growing hybrid Direct Primary Care organization.
Interview: John Rodriguez, MD
Dr. John Rodriguez is a Chief Medical Officer of Healthcare2U and is passionate about the care provided to their patients. He manages all the care providers in Healthcare2U’s network of clinics and oversees care protocols and training.
Dr. Rogriguez co-founded Healthcare2U to ensure that organizations of all sizes and structures have unlimited, nationwide access to affordable and consistent primary and urgent care. He has over 20 years of experience working in private practice as an attending physician with one of the most prestigious healthcare systems in the country, Baylor Health Care Systems. Dr. Rodriguez and his company have been featured on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends and in publications like BenefitsPro, America’s Benefit Specialist, and Broker World.
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Sources
1Americans Sour on U.S. Healthcare Quality (gallup.com)
2America’s Diminishing Satisfaction on U.S. Healthcare Quality | HealthNews
32022 Edition — Health Care Costs 101 – California Health Care Foundation (chcf.org)
4Average rent in U.S. by apartment size 2022 | Statista
5Doctors Love Direct Primary Care (DPC) | Healthcare2U (healthc2u.com)
6Healthcare Finance NewsBalat-Pickett-OConnor-Direct-Care-Gives-Patients-More-Choice1.pdf (texaspolicy.com)