Speaker | Lecture

All are welcome to attend BRI-UABSOM chapter's free lecture screening on free market healthcare policy:

Jules Madrigal-Dersch, MD on free market healthcare policy

Why BRI supports a free market approach to healthcare policy, featuring Jules Madrigal-Dersch.

In March 2016, BRI board member and med-peds doctor Juliette Madrigal-Dersch, MD, spoke to BRI student leaders at our annual leadership conference about her joy in running an independent cash practice in rural Texas, and why free market healthcare policies make sense.

At this meeting, our hope is to educate potential members about BRI's mission in support of free market healthcare solutions, and to encourage BRI-UABSOM chapter involvement and membership.

We will provide light refreshments and snacks encouraging guests to bring their own lunch.

Adam Habig of Freedom Healthworks

Direct Primary Care: Could it be your business model once you're a practicing physician? All are welcome to join BRI-Marian University chapter members for refreshments and to hear Adam Habig, co-founder of Freedom Healthworks speak about what made him interested in Direct Primary Care (DPC), what DPC is, along with how his company is helping doctors in Indiana transition to DPC models. You can watch a short intro video to Freedom Healthworks here.

Adam Habig is a native of central Indiana with thirteen years of experience innovating within the realm of health care delivery. In 2003, Mr. Habig co-founded the biosciences technology firm ISPRIT Systems, which pioneered the use of a sophisticated information technology platform to better diagnose and manage complex chronic illness, ultimately ascending to the role of Chief Executive Officer of the firm. ISPRIT anticipated the elevation of chronic disease prevention and management as a chief cost control, ultimately attracting the attention of some of the world’s leading companies within the health insurance and diagnostics fields.

In 2013, observing the rapid changes pervading healthcare delivery, Mr. Habig co-founded Freedom Healthworks to unleash the innovative potential of direct primary care on a broad scale. Our full service, turnkey model enables doctors to regain their freedom by joining the rapidly expanding movement to disentangle from the insurance and government-driven payment system. Physicians can once again deliver high quality care free of interference while setting prices their patients can afford. Patients regain the freedom to purchase routine primary care and preventive services (90% of all medical care) directly from their doctors for clear, standardized prices, while relegating insurance to its traditional role as a safeguard against catastrophic events. A licensed attorney, Mr. Habig maintains an independent law practice in addition to his leadership duties with Freedom Healthworks. He currently resides in Indianapolis with his wife, Megan.

All are welcome to attend this lecture by Benjamin Rush Institute executive director, Dr. Beth Haynes. Dr. Haynes will explain the differences between health insurance and actual access to healthcare, and how understanding this is key to understanding the current problems of healthcare access and affordability. We will be serving lunch food.

All are welcome to attend discussion of this controversial topic, hosted by BRI-OSUMC. Refreshments will be served. Please use the green "Register" button top right so that we can be sure to have enough food for everyone.

The legal landscape of physician practices is a scarce topic in medical school education. This discussion will clearly cover the legal status and language of Physician Assisted Suicide (or Physician Assisted Death, "PAD") in the US and internationally, the future of PAD in the U.S., and the ethical considerations brought forth by both sides of the argument.

The short HBO Vice episode "Right to Die" (2016) will be shown at the beginning of the hour.