NEW YORK (Reuters)—A New York doctor is offering flat-rate health care for the uninsured for $79 a month, but he has run afoul of state insurance regulations in a case that challenges the established norms of the U.S. health system.
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged a major overhaul of the $2.5 trillion U.S. health care industry, which operates on a system of private health insurance and state-funded Medicare and Medicaid programs for the elderly and poor.
The United States spends more on health care than any other country, but at least 46 million people have no insurance.
Dr. John Muney, president of AMG Medical Group, said he started the program in September after noticing that many of his patients were losing their jobs and, therefore, their health insurance coverage.