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Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by quantum_nerd »

chaostheory wrote: post #11

It's too bad that this doesn't seem to be viable in the 3rd world (yet). It's needed there far more than here. (Not that this service isn't useful here.)

please stop referring to it as the 3rd World.This classification is outdated(colonialism ended centuries ago), insulting and condescending(trust me no one wants to be reminded every day how poor and miserable they are, even if it was true).

Here are a few alternatives for you: * Developing World ( still patronizing, but a better alternative) * Majority World ( yea, actually the US and Western Europe are just a small fraction of the global population) * Middle-Income Economies * Southern Hemisphere(I see you, Australia!) * etc.

Please, anything but the 3rd World...

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by JoblessWonder »

This app is going to run up against the thorny issue of telemedicine legislation if they ever want to expand from California. California is a pretty easy state to start out in, but a lot of states have some pretty... interesting... views on telemedicine.

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by Edvard »

WestOfRome wrote: post #23

Looks like delivery free and $15 for the meds So, exactly the same as existing services like https://lemonaidhealth.com/ ?

Hey @WestOfRome we prescribe AND deliver. One stop shop for birth control and Truvada for PrEP. Our friends at lemonaid get you a 3month prescription for a cash. We get you a 13month prescription for free.

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by PanosJee »

nostrademons wrote: post #12
rjzzleep wrote: post #8

What's the value proposition for investors here? The data they gather from associating the medication to patients?

Presumably the company will want to make a profit by billing the health insurance company (or customer, if they don't have one), and the investors will want a slice of those profits. Their FAQ says they're HIPAA-compliant, and data collected about a patient's health is extremely confidential.

I am an investor in the company. Yes this correct, there will be a cut from the health insurance company. Gradually the company will add more RXs with higher margins.

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by schoen »

quantum_nerd wrote: post #21
chaostheory wrote: post #11

It's too bad that this doesn't seem to be viable in the 3rd world (yet). It's needed there far more than here. (Not that this service isn't useful here.)

please stop referring to it as the 3rd World.This classification is outdated(colonialism ended centuries ago), insulting and condescending(trust me no one wants to be reminded every day how poor and miserable they are, even if it was true). Here are a few alternatives for you: * Developing World ( still patronizing, but a better alternative) * Majority World ( yea, actually the US and Western Europe are just a small…

This classification seems to date to the Cold War rather than to early European colonialism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World

(You could still view it as obsolete following the end of the Cold War... just more recently obsolete.)

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by donpinkus »

jrcii wrote: post #2

Immorality and premarital sex are ripe for disruption!

Meh, it's more just disrupting premarital pregnancy prevention.

Premarital sex has been huge since the invention of marriage, really hard to disrupt something that established. Denial is a pretty good app for it, try downloading that?

And yea this is a solid disruption to immorality, you're right! Now a person can get the medical care they need, even when local doctors would want to deny it based on their own religious beliefs.

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by tikwidd »

craigds wrote: post #14

> If you're a woman living in the United States, you already know that getting your hands on birth control can be a complex and expensive process. I'm not a woman nor in the US, so this was news to me. It's really easy and cheap here in NZ, so it surprised me that this is still a problem in any developed nations. Can anyone add more background on what the difficulties are in the US?

Unfortunately not all forms of birth control are fully subsidised by PHARMAC in NZ, so not always cheap.

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by yarou »

The proliferation of female contraceptives is something we can all get behind (no pun intended).

Joking aside, I think this paves the way for legitimate, regulated drug delivery; which itself may create a more favorable environment for the legalization of recreational drugs.

Re: Nurx (YC W16) Will Deliver Prescription Medication to Your Door for Free

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Post by sumeetsheokand »

Edvard wrote: post #24
WestOfRome wrote: post #23

Looks like delivery free and $15 for the meds So, exactly the same as existing services like https://lemonaidhealth.com/ ?

Hey @WestOfRome we prescribe AND deliver. One stop shop for birth control and Truvada for PrEP. Our friends at lemonaid get you a 3month prescription for a cash. We get you a 13month prescription for free.

Hey @Edvard, Truvada needs a prescription. Are you licensed to receive a prescription from the doctor?
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