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There are Silicon Valley startups increasingly selling these directly to consumers, so I wouldn't assume tests like this are always intermediated by a medical p
by smt88 1y ago
There are Silicon Valley startups increasingly selling these directly to consumers, so I wouldn't assume tests like this are always intermediated by a medical professional.
Edit: There is in fact another comment on this thread of someone doing exactly this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45652535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45652535
- rottencupcakes 1y agoOne of the multitude of things that makes me frustrated about the medical establishment in the US is how they insist on gatekeeping test results.
- smt88 1y agoDo you feel that we shouldn't have gatekeepers for prescription drugs either?
- rottencupcakes 1y agoThis isn't perscription drugs, this is information? To answer your question directly I don't have strong feelings about it. I would prefer if they were freely accessible, other than maybe things like antibiotics that have clear externalities. I'm okay with insurance companies saying they won't pay for them unless a doctor writes a script, but to gate keep relatively harmless drugs the way we do isn't my favorite policy. There are many times I would love to get a drug but don't want to talk to a doctor about it. This is one of the reasons companies like KHealth exist - they're just rent seeking on a silly system. You can get anything you want, you just have to jump through hoops, but all those hoops just make doctors richer and health care cost more.