KevinMD March 12, 2024
Sara Pastoor, MD and Scott Conard, MD

In the quaint New England town of Scituate, Rhode Island, with a population of 10,000, a health care revolution was brewing. Dr. Michael Fine, a passionate family physician, had moved to Scituate with his family in 1992 to serve a quiet, rural community with significant health care challenges. By 1999, though, Scituate’s residents had become very worried about the cost of health care. Two insurers packed up and left Rhode Island in a few weeks, and many people worried that the town would no longer be able to afford insurance for teachers and town employees.

By 2000, Dr. Fine had made a reputation for himself as a community organizer and an advocate for health care reform, so when the Scituate...

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