Take Charge with HELPcare
Podcast Description
Take Charge with HELPcare is your guide to taking charge of your health and your health care. If you're an employer paying for health insurance, it will help you Take Charge of Your Health Plan. And if you're a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant, it will show you how you can Take Charge of Your Health Care Career.
HELPcare LLC provides management services to HELP practitioners escape the hamster wheel to become owners of a HELPcare Clinic direct primary care (DPC) practice, and metabolic health coaching to help patients prevent or even reverse disease.
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The podcast addresses various topics such as direct primary care models, metabolic health, and the evolution of healthcare communication. Episodes include discussions on the challenges of traditional insurance practices, the importance of patient empowerment through social media, and personal narratives from healthcare professionals like Dr. Dave Strobel, illustrating the critical need for innovative approaches in medicine.
Take Charge with HELPcare is your guide to taking charge of your health and your health care. If you’re an employer paying for health insurance, it will help you Take Charge of Your Health Plan. And if you’re a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant, it will show you how you can Take Charge of Your Health Care Career.
HELPcare LLC provides management services to HELP practitioners escape the hamster wheel to become owners of a HELPcare Clinic direct primary care (DPC) practice, and metabolic health coaching to help patients prevent or even reverse disease.
In Part 1, we uncovered how America’s healthcare system became what Chris Deacon calls a “coordinated heist.”
Now, in Part 2, we focus on the solutions—and how employers, unions, and individuals can take charge of healthcare and make it work for real people again.
Chris, author of The Great American Healthcare Heist and former director of one of the largest public-sector health plans in the U.S., shares practical, hopeful steps toward reform. We explore how restoring trust, rebuilding relationships, and removing middlemen can transform both patient and provider experiences.
👉 In this episode, we discuss:
How direct primary care (DPC) brings patients and doctors closer together
Why investing in primary care is the smartest move employers can make
How high-deductible health plans and misaligned incentives discourage care
The new role of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) in funding DPC memberships
What 501R hospital charity programs can do to protect patients from medical debt
How reform benefits not just patients—but also doctors—by restoring joy and purpose in medicine
At HELPcare Clinic, we believe in making healthcare personal, transparent, and affordable again. This episode with Chris Deacon will inspire you to see that change isn’t just possible—it’s already happening.
💬 “Anything that moves the patient and provider closer together is the right direction,” Chris says—and that’s exactly what we’re working toward.
🎧 Listen now and learn how we can all help fix what’s broken.
Southern Minnesota Employers: Request your FREE copy of Chris Deacon's book.
📘 Learn more about Chris’s book The Great American Healthcare Heist
🌐 Explore HELPcare Clinic’s direct primary care model.
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