Here are four reasons:
1. Direct-care providers charge much less than a standard trip to a physician’s office.
2. Various direct-care providers require upfront payment while others charge a monthly fee for unlimited services. Some direct-care providers charge on a pay-as-you-go basis.
3. Ten percent of U.S. physicians are projected to alter some form of direct-pay care in the next three years.
4. Direct care has been described as “the nation’s fastest-growing job sector.”
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