Better, a healthcare startup striving to make filing out-of-network insurance claims easier, is on a mission: It's pledging 100 percent of its revenue to buy back and forgive $16 million of medical debt.
"The larger issue is, we need much clearer rules and tougher oversight to protect consumers from potentially predatory companies like the one that we set up," Oliver said.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
In a rough U.S. economy, the NYTimes showed why medical tourism isn’t crazy: it can be just as efficient as American healthcare and jaw-droppingly cheaper–much in thanks to the device industry. A recent New York Times post makes a case for greed on the part of device makers, particularly the ones that make joint replacements. […]
Our medical care system does not deal well with chronic illnesses; it really concentrates on and is best at treating acute illnesses or trauma – as it has done for the last century and more. But more and more illnesses today are chronic and complex, lasting a patient’s lifetime and bearing very high costs. And […]