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Brigham Buhler

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
3378 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

The numbers are overwhelming. And what they do is they assess your brain with an EEG. It's called wave neuroscience. Assess your brain with a simple EEG loaded into an AI algorithm. The AI tells us where neurons are misfiring. It could have been from chemical abuse. It could have been from head trauma.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

It could have been from an extended period of depression and anxiety where your brain has now been rewired and these neurons are becoming beta waves in different aspects of the brain. The future's bright is where I'm going with this. It's not that there's one solution. It's that we've been looking in the wrong place, in my mind.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

It could have been from an extended period of depression and anxiety where your brain has now been rewired and these neurons are becoming beta waves in different aspects of the brain. The future's bright is where I'm going with this. It's not that there's one solution. It's that we've been looking in the wrong place, in my mind.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

It could have been from an extended period of depression and anxiety where your brain has now been rewired and these neurons are becoming beta waves in different aspects of the brain. The future's bright is where I'm going with this. It's not that there's one solution. It's that we've been looking in the wrong place, in my mind.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

And we've been looking in the wrong place because insurance and big pharma is telling our government where to look. And the people historically, until COVID-19, I feel like the veil came off and now we all are going, hold on a second. I don't know if I believe you anymore. At least I am. That was an eye opener for me.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

And we've been looking in the wrong place because insurance and big pharma is telling our government where to look. And the people historically, until COVID-19, I feel like the veil came off and now we all are going, hold on a second. I don't know if I believe you anymore. At least I am. That was an eye opener for me.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

And we've been looking in the wrong place because insurance and big pharma is telling our government where to look. And the people historically, until COVID-19, I feel like the veil came off and now we all are going, hold on a second. I don't know if I believe you anymore. At least I am. That was an eye opener for me.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

So if you're the average American and you're trying to get in to a primary care, for instance, through the insurance mall, let's use Luigi as an example, the assassin of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Why would this guy do such a terrible thing? What happened to this kid? If you look at the average spine patient in this country, you have a spine injury.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

So if you're the average American and you're trying to get in to a primary care, for instance, through the insurance mall, let's use Luigi as an example, the assassin of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Why would this guy do such a terrible thing? What happened to this kid? If you look at the average spine patient in this country, you have a spine injury.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

So if you're the average American and you're trying to get in to a primary care, for instance, through the insurance mall, let's use Luigi as an example, the assassin of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Why would this guy do such a terrible thing? What happened to this kid? If you look at the average spine patient in this country, you have a spine injury.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

Okay, this particular spine injury causes your extremities to feel like they're burning and on fire, right? Neuropathic pain in your fingers, your feet, but also neuropathic pain in your genitals is a common side effect of this spine injury that Luigi was suffering from. And you now have to go first, if you're in the insurance model, you got to go to a primary care.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

Okay, this particular spine injury causes your extremities to feel like they're burning and on fire, right? Neuropathic pain in your fingers, your feet, but also neuropathic pain in your genitals is a common side effect of this spine injury that Luigi was suffering from. And you now have to go first, if you're in the insurance model, you got to go to a primary care.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

Okay, this particular spine injury causes your extremities to feel like they're burning and on fire, right? Neuropathic pain in your fingers, your feet, but also neuropathic pain in your genitals is a common side effect of this spine injury that Luigi was suffering from. And you now have to go first, if you're in the insurance model, you got to go to a primary care.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

It takes you three months to get in with a primary care because there's a wait list and they have to see a patient every six minutes. They see 40 patients a day on average. You're in and out of there, right? So they get you in and that doctor says, well, out of my wheelhouse, I'm going to prescribe you a pain med and push you out the door and we'll get you scheduled with a specialist for spine.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

It takes you three months to get in with a primary care because there's a wait list and they have to see a patient every six minutes. They see 40 patients a day on average. You're in and out of there, right? So they get you in and that doctor says, well, out of my wheelhouse, I'm going to prescribe you a pain med and push you out the door and we'll get you scheduled with a specialist for spine.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

It takes you three months to get in with a primary care because there's a wait list and they have to see a patient every six minutes. They see 40 patients a day on average. You're in and out of there, right? So they get you in and that doctor says, well, out of my wheelhouse, I'm going to prescribe you a pain med and push you out the door and we'll get you scheduled with a specialist for spine.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

You go see that spine specialist. They go, I can't do anything. How long was the wait to get the spine specialist? Months, usually three to six months. Now you get in with that guy. You've been taking opioids this whole time. Now they tell you we need to get an MRI in order for me to be able to give you a thorough answer to what's going on here. So that takes time.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

You go see that spine specialist. They go, I can't do anything. How long was the wait to get the spine specialist? Months, usually three to six months. Now you get in with that guy. You've been taking opioids this whole time. Now they tell you we need to get an MRI in order for me to be able to give you a thorough answer to what's going on here. So that takes time.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

You go see that spine specialist. They go, I can't do anything. How long was the wait to get the spine specialist? Months, usually three to six months. Now you get in with that guy. You've been taking opioids this whole time. Now they tell you we need to get an MRI in order for me to be able to give you a thorough answer to what's going on here. So that takes time.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

Now, a lot of times the insurance companies denies the MRI. You have to fight the insurance company. So they delayed your care, delayed your ability to go from person to person. They deny the coverage of the care, okay? And now the last shoe to drop is you finally get the MRI. You finally get the surgery approved. You go out, you interview clinicians.