General Medicine's TJ Parker: AI made medical advice abundant, but care delivery is the new bottleneck
a16z · x · 2026-10-23
In an a16z conversation, General Medicine's TJ Parker argues that getting medical answers via GPT has become something nearly everyone does, making advice extremely abundant.
But those answers almost always reduce to tasks—book a specialist, get these labs, do this imaging—leaving patients stuck with the realities of the current healthcare system.
He believes the best delivery modality is a store: like everything else online, you should be able to browse options, understand costs, and see availability.
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