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I’m just waiting for medical tourism to be supported by insurance, think about it, insurance could pay less by having you fly out to Costa Rica or someplace to get things at 1/10 the cost. Hell they could outsource everything to Cuba if they weren’t mad about something that happened like 60+ yrs ago
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You would never get the quality of care you expect if you went to a place like Cuba. That's a problem with medical tourism in general.
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Nurses have strong unions that this year made big gains for their members. Why would this change ?
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> AI is making it increasingly easy to start your own business.

Why do you think entrepreneurship will be spared? Funny how you dunk on surgeons but then claim that you yourself are "protected" in the same breath.

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> Funny how you dunk on surgeons

I linked to the article that proves there's a path to replace surgeons. I don't see any other way to interpret that article.

> Why do you think entrepreneurship will be spared? Funny how you dunk on surgeons but then claim that you yourself are "protected" in the same breath.

Because entrepreneurship cannot be done by sitting in a room typing away at a keyboard.

You have to go out, talk to people but more importantly observe them, listen to them lie, tease out what they are actually willing to pay for from what they claim they will. Then you have to talk to investors.

Doctors used to be similar - they would listen to patients lie (most of the times unknowingly) and then ask probing questions. In 2026, no doctor who works at a hospital is allowed to do that. The hospital schedules their day back to back, they get to spend maybe 5-10m max per patient and figure out what tests to order and how to triage their concerns. All conversations are recorded and transcribed, fed to AI for training.

What used to be one visit with a doctor for 30-40m is now 10 visits, each 5-10m max scheduled back to back. Hospitals are working on replacing doctors with AI so those fat salaries can go to the bottomline.

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> You have to go out, talk to people but more importantly observe them, listen to them lie, tease out what they are actually willing to pay for from what they claim they will. Then you have to talk to investors.

Was this supposed to make it obvious? I don't see why AI/LLMs can't solve all these problems.

At least in your line of work, you can make a mistake and undo it before it causes any problems. Surgeons don't have it that easy.

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This assumes people don't increasingly let AI make decisions for them.
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and that people still have money to spend
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Exactly. If I need a new supplier for my business, why would I ask around, listen to pitches, negotiate, sign contracts, monitor quality, etc.? I should be able to ask one of my AI agents to do all of that. And when the new supplier does not work out, I re-prompt my agent.
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