So under that definition what you’re describing isn’t relevant to whether it’s a commodity or not.
Also, health care isn’t a commodity right now but I’d argue it should be (a high quality one).
So under that definition what you’re describing isn’t relevant to whether it’s a commodity or not.
Also, health care isn’t a commodity right now but I’d argue it should be (a high quality one).
Different hospitals have different facilities as well. You’re better off having a type of procedure at one place than another for example. And even if you somehow made it so every hospital had the same high quality equipment you still wouldn’t have the same quality of specialists, surgeons, etc. This matters a lot.
There’s probably a baseline we could get to but the experience will never be a commodity overall.
But for more common things like an annual wellness exam, or blood tests, mending a broken arm, treating the flu, or even doing surgery on a burst appendix, those are things that I think can reasonable be commoditized across any healthcare providers.
Amazon Care does not provide emergency surgery at the moment.
Health care is far more than just emergency services.
Water, for example, is a commodity. It doesn't matter where you get it, because water from one tap is mostly indistinguishable to water from a different tap. When you need water, you simply just go to the closest tap and you can be happy that you're getting the same quality water as anywhere else. That's exactly what you want with healthcare, too.
In fact, commoditization of healthcare is probably one of the best steps towards making it a public utility. So if that's what you want, then you probably do want healthcare to be commoditized.