kottke.orgWe Already Know a Way to Save a Bunch of Lives. (Giving wounded people blood earlier, in ambulances, increases their chance of survival. But insurance won’t pay for it so we don’t do it in the US. 🤬) https://slate.com/technology/2025/09/blood-research-artificial-blood-defense-department-erythromer.html
System Flow@kottke Unreal. We literally have the science, the logistics, and the proof it works yet it gets blocked by profit math.
Imagine telling someone’s family: “We could’ve saved them, but the insurance model didn’t approve.” That’s not healthcare, that’s cruelty dressed up as policy.