There is this conference, and it is big and important. It used to just be about music and film, but now it is really big in healthcare, as well as all sorts of other “interactive” or digital categories. It is where stories are told and become part of the fabric that we all call reality.
Last year we created a panel called DIY Healthcare Reform and even though we didn’t get in, suddenly DIY Healthcare Reform became a popular term. We actually injected it into the the collective consciousness, and we didn’t even get accepted! A writer and ex-microsoft guy picked up on it (without attribution, he was Microsoft) and used it to help him start a company and get into the finals of Techcrunch Dirsupt. Now he writes about it constantly there. No, I’m not bitter, the big win is actually creating DIY Healthcare Reform, which we are doing everyday here at FairCareMD and will start doing it even bigger, better, and faster with a project called HOPE. It is teh thought leadership that is key and injecting thoughts into the collective consciousness that SXSW is so great at.
SXSW is where ideas gain momentum.
So what is a panel? Just an idea that people vote for.
This year I kept it simple. Our Panel, listed below in greater detail after all the panels of my friends, is called:
Would you let your travel agent fly the plane?
I don’t know if this will work any better than last year’s but hey, it is a good question. If you are not in love with insurance companies controlling what healthcare you can and can not have, raising premiums and making insane profits on your illness and reluctance to get care, then vote for us.
Many of my friends also have panels. Please vote for them too:
These First Two Were Just Added – Last Day to Vote!
| YesNo | Consumer-Driven Health Data is a Gift to be Earned Russell Benaroya, EveryMove We all want to be healthier. We do. Most of us probably thought about it already today but rationali… READ MORE Health / Future of Medicine Health IT, healthcare, healthcare innovation |
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Big Data and Health: From Gathering to FarmingEmily Ebert, Health 2.0 |
And the original list from yesterday… vote early, vote often!
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StartUp Health: Transforming Healthcare in AmericaSteven Krein, StartUp Health |
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Socially Regulated: We’ve Got Your Regs Right HereShwen Gwee, Edelman |
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WARNING: Are online reviews bad for your health?Jason Schultz, UC Berkeley School of Law |
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Social Media: Fear and Loathing in Health CareCarmen Gonzalez, Healthcare Communications Group |
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We’re Doctors: Build This For UsWendy Sue Swanson, Seattle Children’s Hospital |
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Let Patients Help: Why Healthcare Must Wake Upe-Patient Dave deBronkart, Society for Participatory Medicine |
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Health Care – the Final Tech Talent Frontier?Lizzie Dunklee, Health 2.0 |
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Would you let your travel agent fly the plane?Alex Fair, FairCareMD.com |
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Your health information can pay for your healthGeorge Mathew, CareProsper |
Here are the details of my panel if you are interested.
Would you let your travel agent fly the plane? |
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| Your vote | YesNo |
| Event | Interactive 2012 |
| Format | Solo |
| Organizer | Alex Fair – FairCareMD.com |
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| Description | No, of course not, but this is exactly what we do in healthcare – we let the insurance companies make the important decisions that determine life and death. Every day thousands of high school educated Claims Representatives tell physicians and patients what care is authorized or what is medically necessary based upon rules devised by accountants that work for profit-driven companies. Worse yet, over 30% of our insurance premium never leave the insurance company except as dividends for shareholders, advertising, and salaries for the enormous staff required to “manage care”. Insurance companies are so powerful that they even rewrote healthcare reform to turn Obamaacare into Everyone-Must-Buy-Insurance-Care. But there is good news too… Just like in America 236 years ago or in the Middle East in 2011, the people are getting wise to this tyranny and revolting. Now over 30% of health plans now have a significant “Consumer Directed” component, leaving more choices and control to patients. This let’s people and doctors Go Direct, managing their own care. Online healthcare marketplaces like FairCareMD have enabled millions of Americas take charge, leaving medical decision making between a doctor and patient, where it belongs. And here is the best part… it costs LESS. Like 37% less. So if you want 675 Billion dollars back America, take back control of healthcare and don’t let your travel agent fly the plane. |
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Rather rabidly anti-insurance, but hey, if you are not part of the solution, you must be part of the problem.
