Small Town Doctor

August 2024

In the town where my mom grew up, they had one doctor.

He would make house calls, deliver babies… everything.

When he died, his family was going through his desk and they found hundreds of uncashed checks. Checks from people he felt could not afford to pay for his care, but needed it anyway.

I wonder, what would happen today if a doctor tried to do that? What would insurance, or the government have to say about it?

I did deeper into this story in my book, Atrophy Hunter, coming out later this year.