Cash-pay option expands care access

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  • Key Insight: Discover how debit-card cash-pay plans remove network barriers and reorient clinical decision-making.
  • Expert Quote: “Access, not just affordability, defines sustainable coverage,” says Sidecar Health CEO Patrick Quigley.
  • Supporting Data: Members use ~11% more primary care and 50% more mental-health services under this model.
  • Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

At a time when traditional, legacy network-based health plans are focusing on solving the cost problem by narrowing access to care and saddling employees with cost sharing, one novel solution does just the exact opposite.

Bruce Shutan
Contributing writer

Bruce Shutan is an Employee Benefit News contributing writer based in Portland, Oregon.


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