How to Use direct primary in a Sentence
direct primary
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The two types of membership models are concierge medicine and direct primary care.
—Zak Holdsworth, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
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To address this, both parties adopted direct primaries in the 1970s, and since then primary voters have done the choosing.
—Robert Rosenkranz, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2019
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That was the year the state Legislature passed and the governor signed a law to create a direct primary, open to all residents eligible to vote.
—Jane Murphy, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2020
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In fact, many patients choose direct primary care for financial reasons.
—Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2018
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But that stranglehold was dwindling fast, thanks to Progressive reforms like the establishment of the direct primary.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
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Larson declined to name all of the possible ground floor tenants, but did say that Plum Health, a direct primary care provider, and the Build Institute, a nonprofit organization, are two of them.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2019
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But that law, which California adopted in 2019, applies to direct primary elections.
—Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2021
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These direct primary care companies typically offer a digital platform as the first point of contact, which enables members to make appointments and text, email or video chat 24/7 with their medical providers.
—Washington Post, 3 June 2021
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United Shore Financial Services has on-site direct primary care doctors and physician assistants for employees at its new headquarters in Pontiac.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2019
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Only about 4% of family doctors reported working in direct primary care practices last year, according to a survey by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
—Matthew Perrone, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
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In the past several years, dispensing has also become popular among physicians in the direct primary care movement—a fast-growing clinical model that aims to offer low-cost care without involving insurance companies.
—Michael Schulson, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
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The first governor nominated by the direct primary was Hiram Johnson, a man who never held public office, but was known for being a special prosecutor in a notorious political graft trial in which the chief prosecutor had been gunned down.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
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Before the direct primary, people’s party affiliations were even more conspicuous, Riddlsperger said, as candidates were chosen by caucus in which people divided themselves physically into groups to cast their votes.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
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But unlike direct primary care, concierge doctors typically accept insurance.
—Matthew Perrone, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
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Scurato also sees a growing interest in nontraditional medical services like direct primary care practices, doctor's offices that provide medical services including examinations and laboratory testing.
—Joyce M. Rosenberg, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2017
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