Things I’m Thinking About In Healthcare Part 1

It’s an exciting moment in healthcare to rethink the roles community pharmacies and pharmacists play - I’m here for it. The only way we’re going to lower the cost of care is by making care more physically accessible, increasing touch points with patients, and triaging care to the most cost-effective form of labor.

But cutting out the middle-man is in itself a good insurance policy against whatever reforms the future might bring: In any scenario, there will be people willing to spend significantly on the healthcare industry’s version of a first class flight.

Lack of competition and systemic inefficiencies in healthcare have led to higher costs. Of all the proposals on the table, a single-payer system (“Medicare for all”) would most completely address these issues, but it may politically be unviable and there will inevitably be a rocky transition period.