> The obvious solution is to bypass the insurance providers. That is one solution but I think it would be better to make it easier for people to go through the

> The obvious solution is to bypass the insurance providers. That is one solution but I think it would be better to make it easier for people to go through the current process rather than making them pay out of pocket (assuming that it what you meant by "bypass the insurance providers"). Assuming that we aren't going to also fix the entire American medical system, making it easier for people to use the insurance they already have to get a medical device they need seems like the best approach to me. > Also: when it comes to fitting masks to faces and figuring out the optimal pressure rates - these seem like pretty obvious application of machine learning algorithms, don't you think? Yes but I don't think that means we should take the human expert(s) out of the loop. I rather quickly changed the pressure settings on my bipap in the hidden menu after the titration but many, maybe most, people aren't like me and need there to be someone they can just say "this isn't working for me" to instead of being left on their own.