US healthcare system

also referred to as: u.s. healthcare system

6 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 6 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Sean Duffy · across every show →

Everything said about US healthcare system, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Duffy: US healthcare fails by dumping system complexity onto individual patients
“I think in the US healthcare system, we've made the mistake of just placing all the complexity burden on the person, the patient, and you really, in order to make the sort of impact that we need to make on the prevention side, on just kind of retooling some of…”
Sean Duffy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:19 a16z Podcast | Scaling Healthcare
May 9, 2023 negative
Insight
Yoo: Separating care from payment causes healthcare's core incentive misalignment
“And so the point there being that the people delivering the service And receiving the service are not the people paying or, you know, sort of privy to the payments flow of those services. And that very bifurcation is what causes so much of the incentive misali…”
Julie Yoo May 9, 2023 ▶ 6:36 When Two Giants Intersect: Healthcare Meets Fintech
May 9, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yoo: Healthcare costs were historically impossible for consumers to determine
“Until recently, it was nearly impossible to figure out what something cost.”
Julie Yoo May 9, 2023 ▶ 7:33 When Two Giants Intersect: Healthcare Meets Fintech
Dec 18, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Yoo: U.S. faces active shortage of up to 100K doctors
“When you look at, for instance, the number of doctors that we have estimated a shortage in it's anywhere between, let's call it, 60 to a hundred K doctors today, as of today, in terms of the relative demand that we have in our system, and roughly about 75 K to…”
Julie Yoo Dec 18, 2024 ▶ 1:13 AI: The Ultimate Healthcare Hire
Dec 18, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Yoo: Average U.S. specialist wait time is approximately 50 days
“And there's studies that show that the average wait time for, let's say, a specialist appointment across the country is, like, 50 days. And it can range from, like, 27 days on the bottom end and up to, like, 90 days on the high end. And even worse for certain …”
Julie Yoo Dec 18, 2024 ▶ 5:26 AI: The Ultimate Healthcare Hire
May 30, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Wolf: The US spends 20% of GDP on healthcare for worse outcomes
“We spend, you know, it's 20% of our GDP, which is like double that of any other developing country, developed country, and we have worse outcomes, and we're all suffering.”
Daisy Wolf May 30, 2025 ▶ 7:10 Hey Tech, Come to Healthcare
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