"Increasingly, health insurers, private hospitals, and even nonprofits are behaving as though they aim first to extract revenue, and only second to care for people. Patients often are viewed less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit."
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2024-in-review/the-gilded-age-of-medicine-is-here
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2024-in-review/the-gilded-age-of-medicine-is-here
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- whole body MRI
- genome sequencing
- continuous glucose and blood pressure monitoring
- disease testing panels
- 24 hour concierge care
IF you can afford it.
If you can't, please wait until you're dying, go to hospital and get massive bill you can't pay.