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Received: 1 July 2019

Accepted: 5 January 2020

First Online: 29 January 2020

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: AA and DC are employed by and, SH, PN, and DS work in partnership with a nonprofit healthcare company (Nyaya Health Nepal, with support from the USA-based non-profit, Possible) that delivers free healthcare in rural Nepal using funds from the Government of Nepal and other public, philanthropic, and private foundation sources. SH and DC are employed part time by and DC is a faculty member at a public university (University of Washington). DC is a faculty member and SH is employed by a private medical school (Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai). AK is a medical resident at a private medical school (NYU Langone Health). PN is a graduate student at a public university (University of North Carolina). AS is a faculty member at a private university (Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences). AS is a faculty member at a private university (Yale School of Public Health). RN is employed by a nonprofit organization (RTI International) providing research and technical services using funds from public sector research funding and service contracts. DS is employed by an academic medical center (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) that receives public sector research funding, as well as revenue through private sector fee-for-service medical transactions and private foundation grants. DS is employed by an academic medical center (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) that receives public sector research funding, as well as revenue through private sector fee-for-service medical transactions and private foundation grants. DS is a faculty member at a private university (Harvard Medical School). DS is employed by an academic research center (Ariadne Labs) that is jointly supported by an academic medical center (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) and a private university (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health) via public sector research funding and private philanthropy. All authors have read and understood Global Health Research and Policy’s policy on competing interests, and declare that we have no competing financial interests. The authors do, however, believe strongly that healthcare is a public good, not a private commodity.