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Hoffman touts Seattle care system

In his latest column, executive director Wayne Hoffman of Idaho Freedom Foundation touts a private approach to medical treatment for low-income people:

Long before Obamacare ever existed, health care practitioners in Seattle were trying to figure out how to provide high quality, specialized medical care to that community’s uninsured residents. It took a series of meetings and brainstorming sessions to come up with a program which, from all accounts, appears to be successful. Charity specialty care is the program and it’s run by the non-profit Project Access Northwest. This organization connects low-income, uninsured patients with a medical specialist, for example a doctor who treats allergies or one who focuses on gastrointestinal problems. Doctors who participate in the program do so on a voluntary basis, seeing as few as two patients a month or as many as five, all for free. More here.

<strong>Question: Can this work in Idaho?</strong>

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog