How to Use direct primary in a Sentence

direct primary

noun
  • The two types of membership models are concierge medicine and direct primary care.
    — Zak Holdsworth, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • And like direct primary care, telemedicine saves patients money.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Doctors have seen an increase in people enrolling in their direct primary care practices as costs rise.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
  • No wonder direct primary care patients are satisfied with their care.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, many patients choose direct primary care for financial reasons.
    — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2018
  • Pair that coverage with a direct primary care physician model.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Employer groups with direct primary care spend roughly 52% less than groups without it.
    — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • In parallel, concierge and direct primary care practices have expanded greatly in recent years.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Other changes allow HSAs to cover direct primary care services that charge a flat monthly fee.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Newman says some Georgians may turn to direct primary care — a model in which patients pay a flat monthly fee — or sliding-scale clinics, which adjust costs based on income.
    — Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Nevin also successfully pushed for the department to wind down services at school health clinics, arguing, in part, that providing direct primary care isn’t a core function of public health.
    — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But that law, which California adopted in 2019, applies to direct primary elections.
    — Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2021
  • Monthly membership fees for direct primary care, commonly $77 or more, can be a barrier for lower-income employees.
    — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Other cost-sharing groups have forged relationships with direct primary care clinics, promising to remove all the frustrations of the traditional system.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • In fact, many clinicians have voluntarily migrated to direct-to-patient care models, such as direct primary care and direct specialty care, for these very reasons.
    — Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • But unlike direct primary care, concierge doctors typically accept insurance.
    — Matthew Perrone, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Hartford historically has conducted direct primary challenges and does not caucus.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2024
  • By enabling physicians to prioritize their work-life balance while providing even better care to their patients, direct primary care can be a long-term solution to narrow the shortage or primary care physicians.
    — Zak Holdsworth, STAT, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In one survey, direct primary care practices grew from 3% to 9% of family physicians between 2022 and 2023.
    — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • La Follette led the Progressive movement, an era that introduced policies like worker's compensation and direct primary elections.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Provide that the state direct primary election law supersedes any city charter, law, ordinance, rule, resolution or policy that is inconsistent with or contrary to the state direct primary election law.
    — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Biden administration officials are quick to direct primary credit for Ukraine's staying power to the courage of its armed forces, with a supporting role to the Russian military’s ineptitude.
    — Aamer Madhani, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Biden administration officials are quick to direct primary credit for Ukraine’s staying power to the courage of its armed forces, with a supporting role to the Russian military’s ineptitude.
    — Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lawmakers ought to modify regulations that prevent Medicaid and Medicare patients from using their benefits to purchase a direct primary care service.
    — Anthony Digiorgio, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026

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