Dr. Mehmet Oz

right medicare that is our universal health care right that's that's where we need help the chance of a medicaid patient who doesn't pay for their health care because they don't have the means to do it the chance of them canceling their doctor's appointment is twice that of a medicare patient and so it's hard to take care of them now they have two jobs they'll get fired if they leave the job early they don't have to they the flexibility of moving their calendar around they don't have transportation there's lots of reasons they don't show but if i can't get health care to them that's a major crisis for us

And so the real opportunity for AI is democratizing healthcare.

Yes.

See, you guys are already smart.

You just listed off top of your head a dozen companies all doing great work.

Most people have no idea these companies exist or what they do exist.

Right.

And so if I can put into AI my labs and I don't know much about healthcare, I can get information sent to me in a way that I can process it.

And at the time, I'm ready to hear it.

Now, I'll give you one more data point that might be useful.

All Medicare patients, all seniors over 65, all of them are given a free wellness exam every year.

What percentage of people take their free medical exam?

Less than 5%.

No, it's not that bad.

It's less than 50%.

Less than 50%.

But most people don't do it.

It's there.

And part of the reason we think that's happening is you don't prioritize it.

And here's the more important data point.