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'Silicon Valley Is Missing Unicorns Because It Doesn't Understand Poor People' (cnbc.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Silicon Valley might be hunting unicorns in the wrong places. According to one top federal health official, entrepreneurs and investors are overlooking one massive population: Low-income Americans who qualify for Medicaid. That's a big mistake, given that new funds are available for those that are bringing IT innovation to the space, said Medicaid chief medical officer Andrey Ostrovsky. "My gut is that it's a big opportunity with $500 billion in federal spend every year in a system that hasn't evolved technologically much since 1965," Ostrovsky said. "There are unicorns sitting in there," he added.
How about an app that signals when it's time for your renewal and gives you bus directions to the closest carousel?
Unfortunately they've overlooked the fact that the poor (except maybe the homeless) can't afford to move, it's the wealthy who are mobile.
This is a true point. It would actually make sense to fund bus tickets out of the area in a cynical way. Essentially saying we won't pay for the poor to stay but we will help them leave.
This sounds like a good idea, trains may be cheaper though. I think if we can identify all the poor, maybe with a little badge or something, then we can round them up once there's enough to fill the first train.