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Healthcare Stocks: Value Trap or Generational Buy?

Aug 15, 2025
Avik Roy, a noted policy analyst and co-founder of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, shares his insights on the healthcare sector's investment landscape. He discusses the rising costs post-COVID and the challenges posed by hospital oligopolies. The impact of AI on healthcare expenses takes center stage, along with a critique of Obamacare's successes and shortcomings. Roy also explores biotech investment intricacies and suggests Bitcoin could be a hedge against inflation, highlighting concerns about the U.S. dollar's stability.
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INSIGHT

AI Is Driving Higher Billing, Not Savings

  • Avik Roy argues AI is currently increasing provider billing efficiency and raising utilization rather than cutting costs.
  • AI tools automate prior authorization and billing workflows, enabling providers to get paid faster and increasing insurer spend.
INSIGHT

Design Flaws Explain Obamacare's Cost Problems

  • Roy says the Affordable Care Act raised premiums via mandates while subsidies and mandates were poorly balanced.
  • The result was healthier, higher-income people opting out and sicker enrollees concentrating risk and costs.
ADVICE

Three Steps To Curb Healthcare Spending

  • Reduce delivery costs, target subsidies, and open supply to control healthcare spending without raising taxes.
  • Means-test subsidies and encourage competition to lower prices and fiscal burden.
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