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Jessica Barberi's avatar

Last year I exited Allopathic care model. I found a direct pay functional medicine doctor, a direct pay holistic dentist, a direct pay chiropractor, and a home birth midwife. The doctor was able to help me resolve several issues including the ADHD symptoms I had been managing my entire life. All of these were things a traditional doctor was only ever able to throw pills at. The dentist just cleans my teeth without a chemical concoction, the Chiropractor has eliminated the migraines I use to have at least once a month, and my midwife has so far provided the best pregnancy care I have ever had, full of choices and informed consent. I joined a cost share covering my family in case of an emergency for $300 a month and dropped the insurance I had been paying over $800 a month for my family and sure the out of pocket feels more real, but it also further involves me in my care, what we are doing and the why's so I truly feel the $400 stool test is something I want to do, but the $250 blood test is something I can wait on. Best decision of my life, and it has really changed my experience with health care in general.

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Definitely not! Already seeing Naturopathic doctors.

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