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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

So you go in, your doctor tells you you need a knee replacement, and then it takes you six months for the insurance company to approve the surgery.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

And it was infuriating for people and really devastating and heartbreaking for a lot of them.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

And we got the biggest insurance companies representing 80% of the American public all voluntarily agreed to eliminate prior authorization for almost all their procedures.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

It's a very small number now.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

I think 15% of the procedures still have it.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

And those are procedures we want prior authorization because there's a potential for abuse.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

For example, with spinal surgeries, a lot of people don't need the surgery anymore.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

And Medicaid and Medicare wants to make sure that they actually need that surgery and it's beneficial to them.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

But for all the other ones, you will now know at point of care whether or not your insurance.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

So you go to your doctor.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

He says you need a knee surgery.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Before you leave his office, you'll know whether the insurance company approves it or not.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

And that's going to dramatically change the medical experience.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Another thing that we did, again, through convening industry,

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

We originally got 63 top tech companies together, and we ended up in a final agreement with 405 of them who agreed to stop information blocking.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

So your medical records are owned by you, but you can't get access to them a lot of times, most of the time.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The data company won't give them to you.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

And so we've got them all to agree to stop doing that.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

So by the end of this year, every American will be able to get their medical records on their cell phone.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2461 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

And that's going to dramatically change the medical experience.