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"20% of americans havent even seen a doctor in the last year"

And 80% have. The needs of the 80% are not determined by the behavior of the bottom 20%

Rich people get better everything, including better medical care. The upper 30% or so can afford better diagnostics and they should be getting those better diagnostics.

Many of us in the software industry could afford a few extra thousand a year for preventative care -- but it is very difficult to obtain care commensurate with one's ability to pay. This is a real problem.




Thats great, but this was the proposal I was responding to: "We need yearly scans or even monthly scans (MRI) for everyone"


As a dream scenario, yes. It's a reasonable goal.

MRIs vary widely in cost and that cost will continue to fall. We'll get monthly scans within our lifetimes.




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