America doesn’t have a healthcare system — it has a sick care system.
In this powerful episode of the Broken Healthcare Podcast, host Ray Kober sits down with Dr. Kyle Rickner, a pioneer of the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement and co-founder of Primary Health Partners, to expose why U.S. healthcare is failing patients and doctors — and what it will take to fix it.
Dr. Rickner shares his journey from being an employed physician inside a hospital system to breaking free and helping build a multi-state Direct Primary Care network that puts doctors and patients back in control.
If you’ve ever wondered:
- Why healthcare costs keep exploding
- Why doctors are burned out and leaving medicine
- Why insurance dominates every medical decision
- How Direct Primary Care actually works
- How employers can slash healthcare costs without sacrificing care
This episode will change how you think about healthcare forever.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Why insurance and hospital systems broke healthcare
- How Direct Primary Care eliminates middlemen
- Why doctors have lost autonomy — and how DPC restores it
- The truth about cash-pay healthcare and transparent pricing
- How employers are quietly escaping traditional insurance
- Why prevention actually works when doctors have time
- What it takes to scale DPC nationally
- Why this fight is about saving doctors’ lives, not just money
What Is Direct Primary Care?
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a membership-based healthcare model where patients pay a flat monthly fee for unlimited access to their doctor — no insurance billing, no copays, no rushed visits.
Patients get:
✔ Longer appointments
✔ Same-day or next-day access
✔ Direct communication with their doctor
✔ Transparent pricing
✔ Better outcomes at lower cost
Doctors get:
✔ Autonomy
✔ Time with patients
✔ Freedom from insurance bureaucracy
✔ A sustainable career
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If you’re tired of confusing bills, rushed visits, and a system that puts profits over people — subscribe to Broken Healthcare for real conversations with doctors, employers, and innovators rebuilding healthcare from the ground up.
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