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514 points sarimkx | 2 comments | 14 Feb 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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bruceb ◴[14 Feb 24 19:11 UTC] No.39373838[source]▶
Eliminating middlemen in healthcare

In the spirit of Jeff Bezos’ “your margin is my opportunity”, we believe it’s possible to build a highly profitable business and make the system more efficient at the same time.

Didn't Amazon try this and is now shutting down part of its healthcare (pill selling) play?

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hef19898 ◴[14 Feb 24 19:17 UTC] No.39373919[source]▶
Health Care is one field where nobody can seriously compete with state or state navked players, aka public health care or single payer.

Especially not VC backed start-ups...

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1. lukew3 ◴[14 Feb 24 19:21 UTC] No.39373968[source]▶
What's the reason for this? Is this because of extensive regulation due to insurer/hospital lobbying and patient safety laws?
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2. hef19898 ◴[14 Feb 24 19:26 UTC] No.39374025[source]▶
Patient and health care regulation, for good reasons, but basically the number of shoulders to spread individual risks across (aka insurance). The latter is much easier when backed, directly or indirectly, by nation state households and budgets. Nothing beats the ability of controlling your own currency.