Restoring the Soul of Health Care

By Joe Aase • December 14, 2022

At HELPcare Clinic, we believe that insurance-based health care has three major problems.

It's unaffordable, it's ineffective, and it's impersonal.

We talk a lot about how HELPcare Clinic membership can make health care more affordable.

For instance:

  • You’ll likely save significantly on costs of lab tests and other routine care.
  • You’ll probably save on insurance, too, because with so many basic services included, you may feel comfortable with a lower-cost, high-deductible plan.
  • A Health Savings Account could also enable you to invest those premium savings to cover future health expenses.

That's a good reason to join! But it's only part of the value of HELPcare Clinic membership.

We also frequently mention how, at HELPcare Clinic, you’ll get consistent, unhurried care from a physician or other provider who will take the time to know you and your health. Consistent time with patients allows our providers to do more than just alleviate symptoms—they can understand you and get down to the root of a problem. You’ll make decisions on your care together, and you’ll reduce interference from insurance companies by restoring the role of health insurance.

This allows our providers to treat you more effectively.

And that's a good reason to join too!

But that last part, the impersonality of the health care system, is at the heart of our mission at HELPcare Clinic.

Today's health care system is filled with well-meaning, caring professionals who are doing their best, but the insurance-based model is wearing them down with demands to see more and more patients in shorter appointments to make the numbers work.

They’re as frustrated as you are.

As our founder, Dr. Dave Strobel, says, “It’s not hard to do primary care in 15-minute visits. It’s impossible to do primary care in 15-minute visits!”

The HELPcare Clinic model frees providers to focus on you—to be fully present and not distracted by excessive documentation that’s more about getting paid by insurance companies than improving the quality of your care. To practice medicine with empathy, the way they imagined they would when they decided to go into the profession.

And to provide personal care that is about you.

HELPcare Clinic is restoring the soul of health care. We hope you’ll join us.

Joe Aase

Joe is HELPcare's Finance Director. He lives in Hopkins, MN with his wife Amy.
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