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The consumer experience of shopping for healthcare coverage over the age of 65 is unacceptably complex and inefficient. I believe there is meaningful value to be captured for any business that can reduce that complexity and innovate on distribution.
Mario Gabriele • Not Found
“It is just incredibly frustrating to see human life be valued so little,” he says with a disdain that I’ve come to see as pretty typical for him, particularly when he’s talking about Big Tech. “And to see that repeated over and over, this prioritization of profit over humanity … it is just incredibly frustrating and maddening.”
Douglas Rushkoff: "The Ultimate Exit Strategy"
open.spotify.comThe insurance company studies its new pool of middle-aged men and reckons that the annual premium must be raised to $1,800 in order to make a profit. Do you see where this is going? At the new price, more men—the most healthy of the unhealthy—decide that the policy is a bad deal, so they opt out.
Charles Wheelan • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)
transition away from a fee-for-service model and toward an “accountable care” system in which doctors and hospitals are paid a set fee to manage the overall health of patients. One of the primary advantages of this approach is that it would reorient the incentives regarding innovation.
Martin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
The number of service providers were numerous, creating a chaotic patchwork system with 15.6k nursing homes, 28.9k assisted living facilities, 4.3k hospice providers, 4.6k adult day care centers, augmented by over 12.2k home health agencies. And the need for these services is only increasing as the population ages. According to the National Investm... See more
Michael A. Greeley • Pulling Back the Veil Surrounding Nursing Homes…
YIKES.
@DrOz just brought cold, hard facts.
Medicaid patients are 5x less likely to show up for doctor appointments than Medicare patients.
Why? Because they’ve been convinced they don’t matter.
Meanwhile, processed food giant profit ... See more
Russell Brandx.comThe future of healthcare should be one where consumers are in control; companies compete on quality, and innovation drives better outcomes.
Health insurance in the U.S. was not previously designed for consumers — it has been sold to HR departments at corporations through middlemen, with little incentive to improve produ... See more
Joshua Kushnerx.comFarmboxRx founder Ashley Tyrner, 39, sees healthy food as a form of health care. In 2014, she launched Farmbox Direct, which shipped boxes of fresh food anywhere in the U.S. In 2019, she pivoted to focus on the health care market, partnering with Medicare Advantage and private health insurance plans to offer produce boxes as a benefit to members, a... See more