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Taek
1874 days ago
Why is there no innovation in healthcare?
Because better technology won't get the entrepreneur a satisfying reward.
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d3ntb3ev1l
1874 days ago
Because you can literally make millions of more guaranteed dollars if you just go work at Facebook or Google in easier problems serving ads.
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rawtxapp
1874 days ago
Very costly and lots of regulations, big consequences for failing. If a SaaS product has a bug, worst case scenario, someone loses money, if someone messes up in healthcare, a person might die.
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Gravityloss
1874 days ago
Lots of innovation but things like clinical trials are very expensive. How could we get safe medical progress with less expenses?
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pgt
1874 days ago
Regulation has a way of keeping out innovative founders who would rather add value in newer, unregulated fields.
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rdtwo
1874 days ago
No reason to innovate insurance pays the same regardless
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rileymat2
1874 days ago
There must be some innovation in healthcare, we were delivered a safe effective vaccine to a new virus in about a year.
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nhumrich
1874 days ago
We also had the entire worlds resources to do it.
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