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This letter tugs at my heartstrings enough that ideally I would to rant for several paragraphs about the broken US healthcare system and the terrible political
by quadrifoliate 5y ago
This letter tugs at my heartstrings enough that ideally I would to rant for several paragraphs about the broken US healthcare system and the terrible political parties that make it so, but since that's not what HN is for [1]...
...are there companies or organizations that are trying to solve this sort of situation from the point of view of “We learn all the obscure healthcare laws in each state so each individual patient doesn't have to?” I have heard of Better, and had previously heard of Remedy [2], which seems to have folded [3].
I wonder if the insurance behemoths are just so big that the capitalist response of a competing organization to serve from the patient's side simply doesn't scale up quickly enough. And yet, I hear horrifying stories like this often enough that it seems like it should.
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[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29233883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29233883
[2] https://getbetter.co/ https://getbetter.co/
[3] https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/10/29/health-tech-startup-remedy-lays-off-82-employees.html https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/10/29/health-te...
- kingsloi 5y agoI agree - it's as if it's kept difficult on purpose. I got fatigued reading about all the programs, only to realise I'm reading about old programs or about a program in different a state, etc. I wish there was a site I could visit, fill out some info, and get info on programs I may be eligible for. I've been considering hacking something together myself, but it's almost too much for one person to achieve. Another user posted this site: https://www.kidswaivers.org https://www.kidswaivers.org, it looks like a great resource I wish I found sooner