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Originally Posted by Robbie
The "old system" was fine. You got sick you went to the doctor and you paid for it. I even paid for an appendectomy for my stepson in 1985 out of my pocket (and I was just a musician playing in bands at nightclubs...the operation and hospital stay was $3500 complete). It's the "new system" that is fucked up.
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We have the ability to data mine 300 million patients for information about every illness, disease, medication and side-effect. It can't be done for legitimate privacy issues regarding dropped coverage, preexisting conditions, employment etc... A lot of that is changing now thanks to Obamacare but not all of it.
When we have full data aggregation and can drill down through the case histories of 300 million people along with genetic testing we will be able to determine markers for illnesses and medications based on other successfully treated patients with nearly or exactly the same patient history as your own. The future of medicine on a cost basis and a success basis is dependent on moving away from general practice toward a model of personal care that is based on your specific genetics, your specific case history, and tremendously more effective efficiency.
It will be cheaper and far better than any for profit insurance based system will ever be at the basic care level.
