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Frontier Institute Statement In Support Of SB 550

By Frontier Institute
03/28/2023
Legislation will spur employer adoption of the innovative and affordable direct healthcare model

TAGS: DPC: Direct Patient Care, Healthcare, Official Statement

Meet Montana’s Newest Direct Patient Care Provider

By Tanner Avery
08/25/2022
"That is what makes DPC so special, it’s a win-win for both patients and providers."

TAGS: direct primary care, DPC: Direct Patient Care, Healthcare

Celebrating Montana’s Wins for Healthcare Freedom

By Tanner Avery
05/19/2022
"These reforms are expanding access to high quality, affordable healthcare without the need for strict government mandates or increases in taxes – reaffirming the notion that sometimes the best solution to the problems Montanans face is for the government to just get out of the way."

TAGS: DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare, SB 101

MtLeg Viewpoint: Health Care Reforms Benefiting Montanans

By Sen. Cary Smith, Rep. Rhonda Knudsen
05/17/2022
"All three of these major reforms are empowering Montanans with more freedom to manage their health, access services and save money."

TAGS: DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, HB 43, health care, Healthcare, Legislative Viewpoints, SB 101, SB 374

Free Market Healthcare is Flourishing in Montana

By Kendall Cotton
05/09/2022
"SB 101 gave DPC entrepreneurs certainty they wouldn’t be targeted with red tape from overzealous regulators, and it’s led to a booming market."

TAGS: direct primary care, DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare, SB 101

Montana’s Free Market Healthcare Renaissance

By Tanner Avery
05/05/2022
"DPC clinics are taking off all across Montana. In fact, the number of clinics has doubled since SB 101 was signed into law last year, bringing the total to at least 16 healthcare providers!"

TAGS: direct primary care, DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare, SB 101

Frontier Institute Announces Free Market Healthcare Hub

By Frontier Institute
05/05/2022
The Free Market Healthcare Hub is a resource to help Montanans shop for healthcare.

TAGS: direct primary care, DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, Healthcare, insurance

Montana Poised to Lead the Nation with Affordable Health Care Options

By Kendall Cotton
03/15/2022
"Innovations like DPC show how the health care market is adapting to the needs of patients, bypassing our broken system and building a better doctor-patient relationship."

TAGS: DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare

Restoring The Patient-Doctor Relationship

By Tanner Avery
01/12/2022
Unencumbered by third party intervention, Fee-For-Service describes the physician-patient relationship as one that is based on the principle of mutually beneficial exchange of value between the physician and patient.

TAGS: DPC: Direct Patient Care, Healthcare

Viewpoint: What is so bad about Fee-For-Service?

By Jack Brown
01/12/2022
"By undermining the direct physician/patient relationship, bureaucrats have created the very moral hazards they supposedly try to cure"

TAGS: DPC: Direct Patient Care, Healthcare, healthcare viewpoints

How Montana Is Revolutionizing Healthcare—With Markets

By Lawrence Reed
07/26/2021
If direct pay models became commonplace, they would empower and liberate both patients and doctors and do more to bring down costs than other healthcare reforms.

TAGS: DPC: Direct Patient Care, Greg Gianforte, health care, Montana

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2025 End Of Session Wrap Up


The 2025 Montana legislature has officially come to an end. While there were some big disappointments, there are a lot of accomplishments to celebrate if you’re a fan of free markets, individual freedom, and limited government. From tech to housing to energy – we at Frontier Institute are proud to have played an instrumental role...

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