Healthcare in America feels pretty broken. Just two anecdotal examples:<p>- Prescription drugs are cheaper without insurance at Amazon Pharmacy or Cost Plus Drugs than they are <i>with</i> insurance elsewhere<p>- My insurance provider is Kaiser Permanente, and the plan I'm on only allows me to see Kaiser-employed doctors. I recently made an appointment for a thing I want to ensure isn't cancerous, and the soonest I could schedule is a full quarter (3 months) away. That feels like a long time; I've known people who went from diagnosis to death from cancer in <i>six</i> months.<p>Also, is it just me, but doesn't it seem like there's a huge conflict of interest in the insurer employing the only doctors you're allowed to see?<p>At first blush it seems like innovation in this space would be a good thing, but I'm concerned that whichever tech company manages to disrupt healthcare and/or insurance will do the thing they do, which is charge in with innovation, establish dominance, and then cut services to a bare minimum. The Google Reader of healthcare.<p>As always, I'm not sure what to do personally other than sign up for it and take advantage of the lower costs and easier access while I can, and hope for the best.