The Future of Healthcare is Greater Individual Sovereignty
The future of healthcare is greater sovereignty among individuals who are equipped with the tools to effectively monitor and understand their personal health.
Historically we’ve relied on “how we feel” and our physicians to monitor irregularities in our personal health.
However, most patients only see their PCP 1-2 times a year (at most) for a routine check-up or when something is clearly wrong.
That’s 0.005% of the year spent with a medical professional. The remaining 99.995% of the year involves self monitoring ones health and going off “feeling.”
That’s scary when you consider many health irregularities are not easily detectable with the naked or untrained eye.
Good news… the tools to effectively monitor and understand personal health exist today.
For $5,049-6,849/ year you can take greater ownership of monitoring and understanding your personal health and fund your healthcare expenses. That’s $420- $570/ month.
For $360/ year you can monitor your…
Resting Heart Rate (RHR)
Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
Blood Oxygen levels
Skin Temperature
Sleep performance
For $800/ year you can access a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and receive real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.
For $589/ year you can have a blood test run and 43 total biomarkers assessed – reviewable on your personal dashboard yourself or with your PCP.
https://www.insidetracker.com/
For $1,2000/ year you can join a top level athletic club and gain access to quality exercise equipment, group classes, and a health conscious community.
And what about major, expensive healthcare events?
For $2,100- 3,900 / year you can join a community of health conscious, cash paying individuals and families and harness the power of crowdfunding to fund those major health events.
https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/
Is paying $420- $570/ month financially viable for everyone right now?
Absolutely not.
However, as these products scale the cost should continue to decrease, making them more affordable and accessible to more people.
Still at the current prices, these products and the greater individual sovereignty approach are assessable to more people than realize it.
And when compared to the standard approach and costs associated with prioritizing ones personal health, this greater individual sovereignty approach is cost neutral or in many cases more cost effective – both in the long and short terms.
The standard approach being – outsourcing the monitoring of ones personal health to medical professionals for 0.005% of the year and funding this through health insurance premiums, copays, deductibles, and in the case of some major healthcare events – ones life savings.
If you are aware of any additional products or tools you think support this approach to personal health I’d be interested in learning more about them!
Diet and supplements is probably the most obvious component I did not include, but is probably worth including in the future.
In the meantime, here’s to taking greater ownership of our personal health!