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YC: Requests for Startups

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514 points sarimkx | 4 comments | 14 Feb 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.628s | source
1. manuelabeledo ◴[14 Feb 24 17:53 UTC] No.39372834[source]▶
"Eliminating middlemen from healthcare" is probably the most ambitious one.
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2. beambot ◴[14 Feb 24 18:19 UTC] No.39373170[source]▶
Indeed. Many efforts that start with the goal of eliminating middlemen inevitably devolve into more middlemen. It's like the xkcd trope about standards: "Situation: There are 14 competing standards. Rediculous! We need to extablish one universal standard! Situation: There are now 15 competing standards."

https://xkcd.com/927/

3. hypothesis ◴[14 Feb 24 18:28 UTC] No.39373306[source]▶
That section reads like we are going to replace one middleman with a more “efficient” one, not eliminating one altogether.

On the other hand, this is listed below “cure for cancer”, so maybe it’s an ambitious one…

4. teaearlgraycold ◴[14 Feb 24 18:39 UTC] No.39373446[source]▶
If you do this by building a business you will end up the new middlemen, financially motivated to keep the system from receiving the complete overhaul it needs.