And then, you know, I think sort of the last category is that is what we're doing at cms, which is to realign the perverse incentives that are, that incentivize everybody, the hospitals, the doctors, the scientists, the government to keep people sick. We literally are incentivized to keep people sick. You can make more money by keeping the hospitals make more money, the doctors make more money, the insurance companies make more money. Everybody's making more money for keeping us sick. No matter how good hearted you are as an individual, those incentives will affect societal behavior. (16:29–16:39)
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