The larger point I was trying to make is really why run this as a non-profit. If I choose to Donate, what am I really donating towards? Am I making a donation towards helping medicare reduce it's costs, because the hospitals aren't incentivized enough to take their job seriously? Or donating for a service that hospitals really should be providing to their clients, whom they are charging?
It's not as clear to me, as a non-profit solution, as something like Watsi would be. I'm familiar with HRS, I saw their Blueprint presentation and get their email updates, but should a reason to run a company as a non-profit be because there are already too many for profits in the same business? There may be a number of companies in this space, but this is all still pretty early stage, with no clear winner yet.
Bit of a side point, but the "should this be funded through donations?" and "should it be a non-profit?" questions are slightly different. It's entirely possible to run a nonprofit that funds itself via fees for its services, though it might not qualify as a public charity in that case. For example, many hospitals are nonprofits, and are funded primarily through charging patients & patients' insurance. The hospitals could also buy services from other nonprofits. The nonprofit structure just means they aren't intending to make a profit to return to shareholders, not that they never charge anyone for services.
It's not as clear to me, as a non-profit solution, as something like Watsi would be. I'm familiar with HRS, I saw their Blueprint presentation and get their email updates, but should a reason to run a company as a non-profit be because there are already too many for profits in the same business? There may be a number of companies in this space, but this is all still pretty early stage, with no clear winner yet.