It's only meaningful and useful as a bandaid on America's horrible healthcare system. A public system would achieve the same without needing a billionaire to "help"
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I lied, one comment 😬. The odds of moving to a single payer model any time soon is low, so how do we make the current system better now. We need to prioritize innovation that makes it less expensive for the people not innovation that makes more money for any of the other key stakeholders.
dec 13, 2024, 3:06 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes, I think that's all very reasonable. Recognizing that the US has a broken healthcare system, a worthwhile stopgap is " innovation" ... But let's not pretend that the billionaires who are innovating are doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. They're taking advantage of that same broken sys
dec 13, 2024, 3:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Of course, that's what all entrepreneurs do. The challenge is focusing that energy to optimize for the outcome that helps regular people and not Pharma, managed care, health systems, employers. That is really hard because of the economic incentives.
dec 13, 2024, 3:24 pm • 2 0 • view
Well said Kevan... nothing to add
dec 13, 2024, 3:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, I don't have a moment to write an essay on political theory, but in general, lionizing billionaires is a tremendously politically illiterate position.
dec 13, 2024, 3:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Who is lionizing billionaires?
dec 13, 2024, 3:21 pm • 0 0 • view
I think I made a mistake and mixed up two conversations I was having simultaneously. A post in another thread was calling Mark Cuban, "a real American Patriot" Clearly still learning how to use Blue sky properly, excuse my stupidity
dec 13, 2024, 3:23 pm • 1 0 • view
No worries, been there a bunch too. This exchange is what makes blue sky great
dec 13, 2024, 3:24 pm • 1 0 • view