he started this cooperative and it s been duplicated a lot around the country. s in his cooperative in kansas, c they have a ten dollar monthly charge for children. a $50 monthly charge for adults. it includes unlimited health care. he is independently negotiated with the pharmaceutical companies for the major drugss that his patients need and gets 90% reductions and then most ofm his patients have catastrophic plans, relatively inexpensive based on what your deductible is in case you have a heart attack or accident or cancer. that s what insurance seems to be for. can that be duplicated for example? could the bricklayers association of america, carpenter unions across america, is that something that could be duplicated, considering it s so impressive to me on top of the health care savings accounts which we all agree we need in this bill? what a great model to follow. the flexibility that we have of this legislation and we will have in the second and third
myself included. remember, your jobs are on the line here. more importantly, so are the lives and the well-being of millions of americans. you got to get this right and you ve got to join forces. frankly it would have been better if a consensus bill was built before it was released. you still have time to fix it and i hope you do. joining me now is a doctor, he founded atlas md, a health care in wichita, kansas, dr. josh is with us as well as family physician dr. ryan neuhofel. welcome to the program. how long of a been talking to on radio and particular?s howling him in eight years as a been. five or six years. sean: how many people do serve in your health cooperative? how much does it cost? what are people provided them to
dollars a month? that s correct. sean: their parents pay. we make some of them pay themselves. sean: adults pay $50 per person. that includes unlimited health care, right? unlimited doctor visits, they can go to the simple things. if they need stitches they can go to the office and get stitches, correct? for free. sean: if they need antibiotics, they can get antibiotics. for pennies on the bill. sean: if they break a bone, what happens? then we could get x-rays for $2240 typically. that includes radiology, something they could easily ber over $100 anywhere else, or 502,000 at the e.r. sean: all for 50 bucks a month? you pay a little bit extra for
to children on the plan pay ten dollars a month? there stomach that s correct. sean: their parents pay. we make some of them pay themselves. sean: adults pay $50 per person. that includes unlimited health care, right? unlimited doctor visits, they can go to the simple things. if they need stitches cake and go to the office and get stitches, correct? for free. a spoon if they need antibiotics, they can get antibiotics. for pennies on the bill. a sean: if they break a bone, what happens? then we could get x-rays for 20 $2240 typically. that includes radiology, something they could easily be over $100 anywhere else, or 502,000 at the e.r. sean: all for 50 bucks a