Meet the private doctor to the wealthy — at $40,000 a year, due to growing demand from an aging class of billionaires and millionaires
Meet the private doctor to the wealthy — at $40,000 a year, due to growing demand from an aging class of billionaires and millionaires
The rise of family office-style medical practices reflects the surge in wealth and growing demand for hyper-personalized, data-driven health care.
Oh good, so now the few doctors that are left will stop taking in poor patients and only treat the wealthy.
Same as it ever was
same as it ever was
*in the US (mostly)
“Family offices typically have a goal of preserving wealth,” he said. “Our goal is preserving your health. After the age of 24 you’re a depreciating asset health-wise. So we aim to decrease the slope of the curve for as long as possible.”
Saying the quiet part out loud.
We preserve our wealth, not yours.
Shlain says insurance companies, overloaded doctors and inflated prices have turned the health-care system into what he calls a “sick care system.” Private Medical, for those who can afford it, aims to be proactive, running frequents tests and diagnostics on patients, constantly updating them with new research and science, and getting detailed information about a patient’s lifestyle, habits, family lives and work lives, Shlain said.
When you have a for-profit healthcare system, it's only profitable to give good healthcare to the rich, wealthy, powerful. Poor people have the same bodily needs as any human, where proactive diagnostics and treatments are more effective to allow people to live healthy lives than the "ignore everything until it becomes serious" approach. The latter makes drug and insurance companies bank though. Fixing it for the benefit of American residents' health would harm these companies, and we know who's more important in the eyes of the American healthcare system.
Must be a fascinating Rx pad...