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 [...]
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 [...]
A music and art festival is pairing artists in need with the health care they deserve. The O+; Festival — a three-day, multi-venue festival of art and music which launches in Kingston, NY this weekend. Participating artists and musicians submit intake forms along with their stage plots, because they’ll be paid in health services: dental [...]
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 [...]
We recently covered a story regarding the actions of a hospital in New York who set up a barter system for local artists. That program now has over 200 local artists involved. This video shows a personal example of how that program is working. Worth checking out.
SEATTLE – (Business Wire) Doubt was cast on the legitimacy of using barter for health care services on April 21, when Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden commented that in the “olden days” people paid doctors with “a chicken” or other goods. BizXchange, a barter exchange company with offices in Seattle, San Francisco and Dubai, has [...]
In another victory for the barter industry, ITEX and the Trade American Card were prominently featured in the Orange County Register. The article focuses on two business owners, one that owns a golf pro shop, and a dentist. Both barter heavily with both companies. Health care as a popular barter segment is also discussed. Congratulations [...]
Forever barter has occurred with the family doctor in rural areas. My uncle-in-law is a family doctor and respiratory specialist in the farming community in Northern Utah. In his practice he has accepted turkey, live and dead, dog runs, construction work, and more in exchange for services. The trend for health clinics to barter with [...]
