Rainn Wilson
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Now there's these hospital mega corporations with investment firms that own like 57 different hospitals and clinics and whatnot.
And quarter after quarter, the board is saying, where's the profits?
Like, hey, profits have gone down three quarters in a row.
This is unacceptable.
You're going to get fired unless we make more money.
So if you need profit quarter after quarter, it's going to come from cutbacks or raising prices.
So if you put it in the hands of private corporations,
I don't know how that works with the existing system.
Because even what you're talking about with transparency, isn't that a little bit about just putting band-aids on a system that's so colossally broken that it needs to really kind of be reinvented from the foundation up?
It's like repairing an airplane when it's in midair or something.
But when this is your- And that we'll pay our employees and that we can make a little profit on.
Well, my primary care physician has now the concierge service that started a few years back.
So I'm fortunate that I can pay-
I don't know, what is it?
$1,200, $1,600 a year, you know, over and above, you know, insurance premiums.
Sure.
And I can text him and say, hey, look at this weird growth.
And he'll text back, you know, God bless him.
It's great, but it's for the privileged.
Nice transition.