September 23, 2007 5:57PM 

# Cash-Only House Calls 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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An [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/business/yourmoney/23doctors.html) in today’s *New York Times* provides another example of how, when the patient owns and controls the money involved, entrepreneurs respond with medical services far more convenient and customer-friendly than your typical doctor’s office visit.

Critics of physician house-call services will argue that such services are great if you have $250 to $450 to spare. I see these stories and wonder what types of services low-income workers would already have if they had been allowed [to own and control all of their health care dollars](http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Competition-Whats-Holding-Health/dp/1930865813) for the past several decades.

H.T. Bob Budd.

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