A former Haines resident this week launched a crowd-sourcing effort to support his new model for health care.
Orion Falvey, a 2008 Haines High School graduate, said he’s been working on his membership-based model for more than a year. Orchid Health is designed for communities with small populations, and will be tried in Oakridge, Ore., a town without health care that is opening a primary-care clinic staffed with nurse practitioners.
Under Orchid’s model, members pay…
