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[-] historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Need money to live, so get a job. Need to pee in cup to get job. Company pays for the test so they get the results. Company offsets cost of test by selling data to test labs. Test labs find cancer markers and make note in database. Insurance company buys database. Insurance company marks pre-existing condition found in test and raises insurance costs. Still not informed of test results. Life insurance companies buy database. Premiums raised to point of being infeasible. Still not informed of test results. A few years pass. Get sick. Eventually get doctors appointment. Bladder cancer detected, stage 4. Die.

What's the problem here? You're right, it's how there's an opportunity not being captured. Our company will keep and maintain the database, and instead of losing money by insuring sick people, your company for a nominal fee can have constant access to the data so any underpayment issues can be avoided before they start.

That's my elevator pitch to a VC firm. The first paragraph is a storyboard for an ad we're going to shoot. The other higher-up at the company is going to see if his girlfriend will be the person in the story.

this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2026
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