Investment Thesis Report: Free Market Healthcare

As it becomes increasingly apparent that the United States healthcare system is flawed, unique models for healthcare are emerging in a variety of forms. Individuals opposed to universal coverage are proposing alternative health plans while others are opening healthcare centers that are charged according to prices online or on a subscription basis. Patients are traveling to foreign countries to avoid the high deductible cost for treatments in the United States and entrepreneurs are creating e-commerce platforms for healthcare to allow individuals to compare costs ensure transparent pricing. All these approaches are fighting against the same problem: the rising cost of healthcare in the United States.

Here is an excerpt from this report: “Healthcare expenditure reached $3.6 trillion in 2018, amounting to 17.7% of GDPi. The United States spends drastically more on healthcare than all other developed countries. In fact, if United States spending on healthcare was its own economy, it would be the fifth largest in the worldii. Ironically, at the same time its citizens are receiving less care”.

View the full report here (PDF).

Thanks to Amanda Schoewe for authoring this report.