Cash-only doctors abandon the insurance system

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/11/news/economy/cash-only-doctors/

So Nunamaker and his partner set up a membership-based practice called Atlas M.D. -- a nod to free-market champion Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged. Under the membership plan -- also known as "concierge" medicine -- each patient pays a flat monthly fee to have unlimited access to the doctors and any service they can provide in the office, such as EKGs or stitches.

When Doctors Opt Out

We already know what government-run health care looks like.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123993462778328019