There are a number of healthcare areas in the US that have been protected by regulation, but it’s increasingly unclear if this is good for patients, consumers, or public health at large. The increasing sentiment seems to be probably not. Vision care is another area I’d expect to see more changes and disruption coming down the pipeline. Vision care is very important and advanced cases require special skills, but it’s…
> but it’s also unclear why many routine checks couldn’t just be done by a family doctor Ordinary GPs aren't experts and the equipment for doing vision checks is expensive and consumes space. IMO, medical care should be completely re-organized. Get rid of GPs as a profession (outside of cruise ships and the military) and GP practices entirely. Instead, have community clinics for everyday medical needs spread out over…
Medicine is not tech support with tier levels :( I would stick to talking about things you know, because medicine is not one of them.