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by naveen99 3590 days ago
Why do you think medicine is ripe for disruption ?

Unemployment rate for doctors is around 1%.

The acceptance rate for medical school in the usa is 40%.

developers and cabbies are welcome to retrain.

To me, cabbies are local government employees. Let the government that licenses them pay them, just like they pay teachers and cops. So I am fine with this subsidy.

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Because of the tremendous shortage, as illustrated by that data. In fact home diagnosis apps were one of the first successful PC software products.