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514 points sarimkx | 1 comments | 14 Feb 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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. tootie ◴[14 Feb 24 20:26 UTC] No.39374831[source]▶
Amazon partnered with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan on that project. They had a built-in base of employees larger than the population of Wyoming. Still failed.