As part of an internal program to help reduce the medical suffering in a rural part of Arkansas, the Bono Clinic is offering to do trade, direct trade, for medical services every Thursday. Patients can bring in a chicken, like in last year’s infamous chickens for checkups media disaster, or jars of honey or anything [...]
Another doctor is stepping up and implementing the chickens for checkups model. “The first week we got five chickens, we got a turkey,” said Dr. House. It is modern day medicine using an older type of payment system. “I’m looking forward to lots of interesting things that people want to barter,” said Dr. House. “That [...]
This is a great little video explaining more about the Artist Access program in Brooklyn. Since I originally heard about this program I’ve been a fan. This video actually helps to show how the model works for the individual and the hospital. It’s worth watching.
NEW BERLIN, WI-(Marketwire - January 6, 2011) - International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTCBB: ITNM), a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, today announced the launching of a new medical benefits program for its nationwide clients. The program, IMS Benefit Solutions, will make it possible for International Monetary Systems’ members to utilize their earned trade dollars [...]
According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, citizens living in rural Zimbabwe have no other option than barter when attempting to receive medical care. Patients provide the crops they grow and the animals they raise - food that feeds the thousands of patients who use the hospital - and the hospital tends to [...]
Chickens-for-checkups candidate Sue Lowden, who earlier this year made national headlines with her comments of using a barter system to pay for doctors visits after telling a story about her grandparents, today was named to the State Board of Medical Examiners by Governor Jim Gibbons. Good work Sue. Maybe now you can get them to listen [...]
Biz X was featured in an article outlining the progression of the chickens for checkups story of the last year or so. The article, originally published on Smart Healthcare.com talks extensively about barter as a means for making health care work. But is it really such a crazy idea? Not according to Chris Haddawy, chief [...]
As seen on the Huffington Post: Chandler’s chickens-for-checkup moment took place in a meeting with constituents in November 2009, and was captured on video by someone present at the meeting. In the exchange, a woman who identifies herself as a farmer objects to health reform, noting that when she was young, her family didn’t have [...]
