No one likes going to the doctor but it seems so much more difficult today.  Dr. Joel Bessmer is the medical director at Strada Healthcare in Omaha and agrees.  He says due to regulations patients are first required to visit their primary care physician, then referred to a specialist who will likely require tests and the cycle never seems to stop.

Bessmer says much of the frustration stems from insurance company regulations and not knowing what will happen next as the government switches from Obamacare.  He says that is why direct primary care is becoming more popular where patients pay a monthly fee and basically subscribe to their family doctor.

Bessmer says this reduces a lot of the red tape that both doctors and patients have to jump through to get the care they need.

Bessmer says direct primary care eliminates many of those hoops.  Costs run from 50 to 100 dollars a month.  This isn’t a replacement for health insurance as it doesn’t cover hospitalizations, medications or procedures.