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TED Talks Daily <no_reply@ted.com> Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 2:24 PM To: human4usbillions@gmail.com Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Watch and share today’s TED Talk. View it in your browser. SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 NEW ON TED.COM A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable 11:15 minutes · TED Salon Optum In 2011, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous developed a smartphone app that brings quality eye care to remote communities, helping people avoid losing their sight to curable or preventable conditions. Along the way, he noticed a problem: strict funding regulations meant that he could only operate on people with specific diseases, leaving many others without resources for treatment. In this passionate talk, Bastawrous calls for a new health care funding model that's flexible and ambitious -- to deliver better health to everyone, whatever their needs are. Watch now »