Claiming to be open 24/7 can become a breach-of-contract trap, warns Dr. Phil Eskew. He maps the three ways states treat workers' comp inside a DPC membership, plus the malpractice tail and clawback bonus clauses residents should spot before signing.

Dr. Reid Lancaster once nearly bought a wheelchair from a thrift store for a Medicare patient after weeks of insurance denials, the moment that sent him back to medical school. Today his Direct Primary Care practice serves both some of the wealthiest people in the country and a large uninsured population, minutes apart.

Dr. Timothy Blain survived lymphoma, a heart attack, COVID pneumonia, and an autoimmune disease that wiped out his B-cells, while still running his Direct Primary Care practice from home. Then he closed it anyway, and calls that decision the opposite of failure.