Brigham Buhler

And it has captured our entire healthcare ecosystem front to back, from the food we eat, to the way we grow our food, to the way we process our food. Big tobacco captured most of the food industry in the 80s.

They literally owned the food industry and brought their marketing campaigns and strategies to the food industry, where they made food more addictive, more processed, and more chemically laden. And so throughout that process, now you are eating the wrong foods and you're getting chronically ill at a disproportionate rate. The preventative care was the way to prevent that.

They literally owned the food industry and brought their marketing campaigns and strategies to the food industry, where they made food more addictive, more processed, and more chemically laden. And so throughout that process, now you are eating the wrong foods and you're getting chronically ill at a disproportionate rate. The preventative care was the way to prevent that.

They literally owned the food industry and brought their marketing campaigns and strategies to the food industry, where they made food more addictive, more processed, and more chemically laden. And so throughout that process, now you are eating the wrong foods and you're getting chronically ill at a disproportionate rate. The preventative care was the way to prevent that.

And now those doctors are out of that ecosystem. So now you're essentially getting pushed into chronic disease where then the insurance companies monopolize and profiteer off of it for years. And then your employer and the American people and the taxpayers are who are really fitting the bill for all of this.

And now those doctors are out of that ecosystem. So now you're essentially getting pushed into chronic disease where then the insurance companies monopolize and profiteer off of it for years. And then your employer and the American people and the taxpayers are who are really fitting the bill for all of this.

And now those doctors are out of that ecosystem. So now you're essentially getting pushed into chronic disease where then the insurance companies monopolize and profiteer off of it for years. And then your employer and the American people and the taxpayers are who are really fitting the bill for all of this.

Absolutely. They were knowing and willingly active participants. They know. I mean, UnitedHealthcare implemented an AI algorithm that rejected 90% of claims inaccurately. 90% of Medicare claims for surgeries were getting rejected inaccurately.

Absolutely. They were knowing and willingly active participants. They know. I mean, UnitedHealthcare implemented an AI algorithm that rejected 90% of claims inaccurately. 90% of Medicare claims for surgeries were getting rejected inaccurately.

Absolutely. They were knowing and willingly active participants. They know. I mean, UnitedHealthcare implemented an AI algorithm that rejected 90% of claims inaccurately. 90% of Medicare claims for surgeries were getting rejected inaccurately.

right which drove up their profits they're they're having double digit profit growth right now um when you asked about how profitable they are for the last like five years they've doubled their stock price so you also got to not just think about monthly like it's revenue and profits but it's also what is your shareholder return on investment and what are your stocks doing and if we look at that who guess who owns the majority of the big five insurance companies blackrock vanguard state street guess who owns the majority of the pharmaceutical companies

right which drove up their profits they're they're having double digit profit growth right now um when you asked about how profitable they are for the last like five years they've doubled their stock price so you also got to not just think about monthly like it's revenue and profits but it's also what is your shareholder return on investment and what are your stocks doing and if we look at that who guess who owns the majority of the big five insurance companies blackrock vanguard state street guess who owns the majority of the pharmaceutical companies

right which drove up their profits they're they're having double digit profit growth right now um when you asked about how profitable they are for the last like five years they've doubled their stock price so you also got to not just think about monthly like it's revenue and profits but it's also what is your shareholder return on investment and what are your stocks doing and if we look at that who guess who owns the majority of the big five insurance companies blackrock vanguard state street guess who owns the majority of the pharmaceutical companies

It's BlackRock Vanguard State Street. Guess who owns the majority of the media outlets? It's BlackRock Vanguard State Street. Do you start to sense a trend here? I do. And guess who funds and lobbies more than anybody? The pharmaceutical industry, followed by one of the top players is the health insurance industry. And then... you've got these big conglomerates that are funding all of this.

It's BlackRock Vanguard State Street. Guess who owns the majority of the media outlets? It's BlackRock Vanguard State Street. Do you start to sense a trend here? I do. And guess who funds and lobbies more than anybody? The pharmaceutical industry, followed by one of the top players is the health insurance industry. And then... you've got these big conglomerates that are funding all of this.

It's BlackRock Vanguard State Street. Guess who owns the majority of the media outlets? It's BlackRock Vanguard State Street. Do you start to sense a trend here? I do. And guess who funds and lobbies more than anybody? The pharmaceutical industry, followed by one of the top players is the health insurance industry. And then... you've got these big conglomerates that are funding all of this.

So there's so many levers we can pull to generate revenue off of these individuals that it's staggering. Yeah. And so it's, they, they absolutely know and it makes it very, very hard. There's no alternative. Like if I'm a hospital, I'm, I can't afford to lose Blue Cross Blue Shield. I can't afford to lose United Healthcare. I'm out of business.

So there's so many levers we can pull to generate revenue off of these individuals that it's staggering. Yeah. And so it's, they, they absolutely know and it makes it very, very hard. There's no alternative. Like if I'm a hospital, I'm, I can't afford to lose Blue Cross Blue Shield. I can't afford to lose United Healthcare. I'm out of business.

So there's so many levers we can pull to generate revenue off of these individuals that it's staggering. Yeah. And so it's, they, they absolutely know and it makes it very, very hard. There's no alternative. Like if I'm a hospital, I'm, I can't afford to lose Blue Cross Blue Shield. I can't afford to lose United Healthcare. I'm out of business.

Like in the state of Texas, Blue Cross Blue Shield is 30% of your revenue. So I'll tell you a real world example. I owned a pharmacy and I still do own pharmacies, but I don't take insurance. Like our model now is we refuse to take insurance because if I don't take insurance, I can tell the patient the real price.