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You're probably right, and I agree with you.

However, in this case, the US healthcare system is so terrible and, in some respects, evil that I'm glad Amazon is working to disrupt (what'll probably end up being) large portions of it.

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That's a problem right there that a small company couldn't challenge it. Healthcare also is in a desperate need of a reform, as currently is just a gravy train for fat cats meanwhile people are suffering and going bankrupt.

And Amazon isn't just a gravy train for Amazon executives and some employees, while people are suffering and going bankrupt?

US healthcare is terrible _because_ it's for-profit. Won't this just entrench it further?

US healthcare is terrible because of system effects, not the profit motive. Most hospitals are run as non-profits and yet their spending is INSANELY out of control.

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