Membership Medicine: Is It Right For You?

RI DPC ADMIN • April 13, 2026

Membership Medicine in Rhode Island

On April 2, 2026, WPRI ran the following news feature on membership medicine. Direct Primary Care is a form of membership medicine. The primary care clinicians do not engage with insurance companies, and receive an agreed upon payment from the patient. 

"Patients who can afford membership models are also likely benefiting from improved access to their doctors. In the short term, as the nation’s primary care workforce is struggling to keep up with demand, the physicians and patients remaining in the traditional primary care system are likely facing increased need for primary care access with less physician capacity available.”
Click here for a link to the full interview. 
 

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