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That also involves insurance companies. I wonder how many of them have "exposure" on both sides of the medical business. So long as they can raise premiums/limit coverage they can seek rents. US medicine needs first and foremost transparency at every level. Transparency is in many ways obstructed by HIPAA. Sure, I wouldn't want even my largely unremarkable medical history plastered all over the Internet along with my more or less personally identifiable information or mined to target/discriminate against me, but there has to be a better way where we can use the information to lower costs and improve outcomes.