HELPcare Clinic

11/01/2025

Excited to kick off Open Enrollment season with our first Open House 9-noon today! We’ll have a licensed insurance agent here too, to answer insurance questions and help you with options. If you can’t make it today, check out our other opportunitiesin Austin and Rochester at the link below.

https://helpcare.health/2025/10/25/helpcare-clinic-open-houses-for-open-enrollment/

11/01/2025

Stop in for Open House tomorrow 9-noon and get a FREE can of LMNT Sparkling Grapefruit Salt!

https://helpcare.health/2025/10/25/helpcare-clinic-open-houses-for-open-enrollment/

10/31/2025

Learn how tax law changes affect your health care and health insurance options for 2026 at HELPcare Clinic Open Enrollment Open Houses, Nov. 1-13 in Austin and Rochester. Get dates and time here:

https://helpcare.health/2025/10/25/helpcare-clinic-open-houses-for-open-enrollment/

10/27/2025

🌟 New Episode: Fixing the Great American Healthcare Heist 🎙️
In Part 1 of our conversation with Chris Deacon, author of The Great American Healthcare Heist, we exposed how America’s healthcare system became a “coordinated heist”—where patients pay more and get less. 💸

Now in Part 2, we turn to the solutions. 🙌

Chris joins our founder Lee Aase and co-host Dan Hinmon to share practical, hopeful ways we can fix what’s broken—by restoring trust, rebuilding relationships, and removing costly middlemen that stand between patients and the care they need.

💬 “Anything that moves the patient and provider closer together is the right direction,” Chris says—and that’s exactly what we’re doing every day at HELPcare Clinic.

🎧 In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ How Direct Primary Care (DPC) reconnects patients and doctors
✅ Why investing in primary care is the smartest move for employers
✅ How HSA reform makes DPC more accessible than ever
✅ What hospital charity programs (501R) can do to protect patients from medical debt
✅ Why restoring joy for doctors and nurses is key to restoring the soul of healthcare

At HELPcare, we’re proving that there’s a better way—one built on relationships, transparency, and prevention. ❤️
🎙️ Listen to Part 2: “Fixing the Great American Healthcare Heist” with Chris Deacon
👉 https://helpcare.health/2025/10/27/solving-the-great-american-healthcare-heist/

If you’ve ever wondered how we can make healthcare personal again, this conversation will give you hope—and a roadmap for real change.

Chris Deacon discusses how employers, unions, and individuals can take meaningful steps to reclaim control—and restore trust—in the system.

10/25/2025

See the HELPcare Clinic Difference for yourself! Learn how you can use your HSA account for membership in 2026 and save even more!

With tax law changes and premium subsidy reductions going into effect for 2026, it's especially important this year to understand [...]

10/22/2025

Monica Anderson joined HELPcare Clinic to learn more about her thyroid health. She appreciated the more extensive lab testing and detailed explanations of what the results meant, and opportunities to try supplements in addition to her medications.

"I feel like a member of their family, there, not just a patient. They know me, they know my family, they care about our future and our health. I choose to have a membership...because of that service and that custom approach that they have, making me feel like my needs are met, long-term and not just in the quick fix."

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10/20/2025

🚨 New Podcast Episode! 🎙️

Why does American healthcare cost so much—and deliver so little?

In our latest episode of Take Charge with HELPcare, Lee Aase sits down with Chris Deacon, author of The Great American Healthcare Heist and one of the featured voices in the documentary It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Healthcare.
Chris spent years inside the system—running one of the largest public-sector health plans in the U.S.—and now she’s pulling back the curtain on what she calls a “coordinated heist.” 💸

💬 “We’re paying more and getting less,” Chris explains, as she exposes how hospitals, insurers, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have turned healthcare into a profit machine instead of a healing one.

🎧 In Part 1, you’ll hear:
✅ How misaligned incentives keep costs rising
✅ Why growth—not health—is often the measure of success
✅ How vertical integration lets corporations profit from every step of your care
✅ What it means when Chris says, “It’s house money.”
If you’ve ever felt frustrated trying to understand why healthcare costs keep climbing, this episode will connect the dots—and show you what’s really going on behind the scenes.
🎙️ Listen now to Part 1: “The Great American Healthcare Heist” with Chris Deacon
👉 https://helpcare.health/2025/10/20/pulling-back-the-curtain-on-the-great-american-healthcare-heist/

📘 Learn more about Chris’s book The Great American Healthcare Heist and join us next week for Part 2, where we’ll dive into real solutions—including how direct primary care and employer-led innovation can help fix what’s broken.

In our latest episode of Take Charge with HELPcare, Dan Hinmon and I had the privilege of interviewing Chris Deacon, author [...]

10/01/2025

🌟 Take Charge of Your Employee Health Care 🌟

Employers: are you frustrated by skyrocketing health insurance costs and employees skipping care due to high deductibles?

At HELPcare Clinic, we’re changing the game. Precision Signs President Jon Boyer tells how small and mid-sized employers can offer high-quality, personal primary care for $0 out-of-pocket to employees and their families — without breaking the bank.

Watch the video and read the post linked below to learn:
✅ How our corporate membership model works
✅ How combining HELPcare membership with self-funded or level-funded insurance can lower premiums
✅ Real examples of employers who’ve cut costs — some by 20% or more — while improving access to care

📖 Read the full post here ➡️ https://helpcare.health/2025/10/01/take-charge-of-your-employee-health-care/

If you’re an employer (big or small), now’s the time to rethink your benefits strategy. And if you’re an employee, you can share this with your HR team — your health (and wallet) will thank you.

Let’s start a conversation — drop a comment below or send us a message to explore how HELPcare can work for your team. 💬

09/16/2025

For 20+ years, Christy lived with exhaustion and frustration. Then she joined HELPcare Clinic—lost 38 pounds, regained her energy, and even inspired her husband to lose 45! 🙌
Read her transformation story 👉 https://helpcare.health/2025/09/16/from-exhausted-to-energized-christys-helpcare-transformation/

And listen to her interview in our latest episode of Take Charge with HELPcare!

HELPcare Clinic provides unhurried primary care through an affordable membership with no per-visit charges. JOIN NOW LEARN MORE Your HELPcare [...]

09/03/2025

Employers! See for yourself how you can improve employee health plan benefits while reducing costs. See a preview of the documentary and claim your free tickets here: https://helpcare.health/2025/09/02/its-not-personal-its-just-healthcare-documentary-premieres-in-austin-thursday/

08/27/2025

💡 Did you know?

An MRI doesn’t have to cost $5,000. In fact, you can often get the same scan on a newer machine for just $400.

A hip replacement doesn’t have to cost $100,000. It can be done with excellent quality for $20,000.

It sounds too good to be true—but it’s real.

The truth is: health care itself isn’t expensive when done right.
What’s expensive is health insurance, with too many middlemen taking their share.

At HELPcare, we believe in bringing back common sense to medicine:

✅ Transparent pricing
✅ Direct, personal relationships with your doctor
✅ Care that puts patients and communities first

No one walks onto a car lot and says, “I’ll take that truck—just send me the bill later.”

So why should employers and families be asked to buy healthcare that way?

It’s time to take charge of your health care—and your health costs.

👉 Learn more in the latest Take Charge with HELPcare podcast episode featuring our interview with Matt Ohrt

https://helpcare.health/2025/08/25/cutting-costs-not-care-a-smarter-health-plan-for-employers/