Manifesto
What is my purpose?
The moment that radicalized me was when I learned the following information:
Looking at this graph, you might assume the United States has the world’s best healthcare system. After all, the U.S. spends nearly twice as much per citizen as the average country in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). However, the reality is starkly different:
The United States doesn’t just fall short of being the best, it actually performs below average, and this is not just in life expectancy, but other metrics as well:
The United States has consistently been an outlier among its first-world peers in charts that compare life expectancy and healthcare expenditure:
There is a clear sign of unnecessary bulk and inefficiency in the United States healthcare system that is not as pronounced in other first-world countries. This has ultimately led to many U.S. citizens skipping out on their healthcare due to the high costs:
As you look at these figures, consider a time when you or a loved one deferred care because of the potential costs: only to face a much steeper physical and financial cost down the road. This issue is felt among the majority of us, regardless of race or ethnicity. This clip below illustrates that reality perfectly: a MAGA voter explains why his encounter with affordable care in Japan radicalized his perspective.
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One may hope that our political leaders will rise to the occasion to solve this issue; however, I have personally lost faith that our gridlocked two-party system will make any real progress within the next few decades. Instead, I’m looking to our greatest national asset to solve the crisis: our unparalleled engine of innovation. Where policy has failed, technology can succeed.
From what I have seen, this is a path that few clinicans take. It is a space usually dominated by tech and business experts, and the deeper I go, the more I realize why: it is a world of its own. Hence, I am writing this to document my journey at the intersection of medicine, technology, and entrepreneurship, offering a roadmap for others who want to bridge that gap.
I value your time, so I will provide only high-yield insights in posts under 800 words. Expect a new post every Wednesday morning. If this mission resonates with you, I’d be grateful if you subscribed and joined the conversation.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Pouya