Time for Health Exchange
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"Maine clinic allows low-income residents to do yard work or other labor in exchange for medical help.
A clinic in the US state of Maine is using a novel way to support those who cannot afford costly health insurance.
Low-income people earn time credits from the Hour Exchange Portland website, mostly by working a variety of odd jobs like raking leaves or driving the elderly, and exchange them for time with a doctor. " (http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2012/01/poor-us-citizens-barter-their-way-to.html)