Tear down the healthcare system

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rzpu24

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rzpu24
Feb 22 9 Comments

There are tons of smart people here on Blind. I have a small request for all of you to do something to knock the wind out of the incompetent, greedy, inhuman healthcare system in US. We need to break the back of a system that lets hospitals, medical administrators and insurers get away with sending us bills in tens of thousands of dollars, while providers and nurses have to either fall in line with their rules or lose their jobs and license. Is it possible for the tech industry to disrupt the healthcare sector and Big Pharma in a way that even our politicians (they don’t even know how the internet works) couldn’t do in the last few decades?
#insurance #medical #health

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  • Google
    304 69

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    304 69
    Blinders chase tc, hence would only work in heavily invested or highly profiting sectors.
    What you are really suggesting is - replace the greedy healthcare system by disrupting it with a new greedy system.
    Feb 22 0
  • PayPal
    peeppal

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    peeppal
    There's no hope in the US, even if you came up with the perfect disruptor, it's just temporary until it becomes the status quo and starts abusing people just like the current status quo.

    This is the unfortunate consequence of capitalism. You don't get good things, you get things that make money
    Feb 22 1
    • Charter
      rzpu24

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      rzpu24
      OP
      The internet is a disruptor that knocked out several establishments. Students can afford education and get knowledge they need online. Has there been no internet, several communities would have never received the education they need to get into large tech companies: you don’t need a Harvard or a Caltech degree to get into Google nowadays. Does the internet have flaws? Yes. But it’s positives outstripped the negatives in a way that changed lives for good. So I don’t agree with replacing one system with another would maintain the status quo. Technology is powerful if done right.
      Feb 22
  • Amazon
    fishdikk

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    fishdikk
    Mark Cuban is trying to bring down drug prices with his startup.

    But there is a lot of wasteful spending in healthcare such as private insurance company profits, medical malpractice lawsuit costs, administrative costs of a messy system.

    Add the ever growing obesity problem in the US on top. These are some of the main things really driving up the cost but not all.
    Feb 22 0
  • What is going to be a replacement? Your ideas? Why don’t you start a health care startup and disrupt the industry?
    Feb 22 0
  • Hyland
    Gifyjif

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    Gifyjif
    I don't know.. I make a lot of money selling grossly overpriced software to that vertical.. And my employer covers 100%
    Feb 22 0