Alphabet is spending billions to become a force in health care

Post by cupofpython » Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 2:20 PM UTC

throwawaylinux wrote: post #87

glglwty wrote: post #79

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Which is exactly why they might be able to make healthcare cheaper.

Healthcare is not expensive for lack of huge government-entangled corporations monopolizing and commercializing patient personal information. At least not in USA, where healthcare legislation is written by and for the industry (e.g., https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/obamac... ), and total healthcare expenditure is somewhere around double that of most other first world countries with more universa…

Post by nightski » Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 2:32 PM UTC

Post by bombcar » Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 2:33 PM UTC

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nopenopenopeno wrote: post #34

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The same logic can be applied to literally anything in a capitalist society. If the current way of doing things employs people, we can’t possibly do it any other way.

Yes, but 14% of jobs is a huge number. Healthcare is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, employment sectors.

Post by wyre » Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 2:34 PM UTC

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It's a solved problem in the sense that it exists, and works[1] and it is available in a lot more places than Canada. [1] "works" is an interesting point because it isn't clearly defined, and usually means different things to different people. Ever experience of the system is "unique" - there is this mix of human patient with human provider with finite resources with medical knowledge with time. So there are plenty o…

But the US isn't "healthcare based on your wealth". You have Medicaid for the poor, heavily subsidized Obamacare for the people who don't get it through their employer (hello $100/month plan!) and Medicare for the retired. I mean my cousin in the US whose kid has cystic fibrosis get better care through Medicaid than our other cousin in Canada who can't even get access to the latest drugs.

Post by jfk13 » Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 2:38 PM UTC

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I see it frequently here... I suppose it comes from French. Viola means rape(il la viola) or break the law(il viola la loi). The real one is voilà! And dropping the accent, is apparently acceptable in English. Voila! ;)

Because we're writing in English, "viola" is neither rape nor lawbreaking, though "violate" can mean either of those. In English, "viola" is the name of a stringed instrument. Voila, behold a viola! One fourth of a string quartet! But if you're irked by "viola", it could be worse, they could have written "wallah", which is all too frequent.