No-Insurance Clubs

By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, April 16, 2009.
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More than 47 millions Americans are living without health insurance. If you’re out of work or working without benefits, finding a doctor who will see you without health insurance is no mean feat.

A group of Arizona physicians is developing a new model for treating uninsured patients. It’s called the "no insurance club" and it gives patients up to 12 visits a year for a fixed fee of $480. They opened enrollment in January, and with us to explain this outside-the-box health care system is "no insurance club" co-founder Chad Harris.

(Photo by romanlily via Flickr/Creative Commons)

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