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Healthcare is broken, here is my attempt to fix it (healthytip.me)

2 points by michaelabe ↗ HN
I am currently working on an application based on a good amount of interviews with doctors and personal experience with healthcare problems as a consumer. I wanted to get your feedback on what do you think is broken in the consumer healthcare space and which suggestions you have for me. Thank you :)

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phlux
Neither this post, nor the link you provide state anything about what you specifically think is broken or how you intend to fix it.

I can only infer from the domain, that you would be emailing a daily healthy tip to users as a preventative measure to prevent one from having to seek care in the "broken" healthcare system.

Cool, but assuming that were the case, that does nothing to fix the broken system.

The system of healthcare is so broken, maybe we need to start a list of all the aspects of the system which are broken such that we can develop a plan to start to address these issues.

While I have a good idea of what is broken from my perspective as a healthcare systems designer - there are too many specialties and unique cases to have a complete view from one set of eyes.

Though, it would help if I started a list.

michaelabe
No its not as the name suggest that will be to simplistic to solve the problem. I called it that way because I liked the domain. I sent you an email would love to hear what you have in mind.
phlux
Thanks, Ill send you a reply.
imechura
One way I think we could greatly improve the US Healthcare system is by regulating hospitals to file fares publicly as the airline industry has been doing for over 20 years now. I think it would ad much needed transparency to hospital charges and allow patients/customers to make educated decision about there use of health care services.