DeepSeek v. ChatGPT: Why is Healthcare So Expensive in America? (Video) – MedCity News

The
U.S.
stock
market,
especially
the
tech-heavy
NASDAQ,
was
deeply
(no
pun
intended)

rattled
by
a
Chinese
AI
upstart
called
DeepSeek
on
Monday.
It
appears
to
have
accomplished
much
of
what
large
language
models
developed
in
the
U.S.
have,
but
at
a
fraction
of
the
cost
and
with
lower-grade
technology.
Remember
how
the
U.S.

restricts
the
sale
of
advanced
microchips
to
China
citing
security
reasons.

The
DeepSeek
R1
model
is

breaking
the
internet,
apparently.

So
here
at
MedCity
News,
we
decided
to
do
a
head-to-head
test
with
DeepSeek
and
ChatGPT
on
a
basic
question:
“Why
is
healthcare
so
expensive
in
the
U.S.?”

The
results
were
indeed
interesting:

• Both
  DeepSeek
  and
  ChatGPT
  came
  up
  with
  10
  contributing
  factors,
  but
  they
  were
  not
  all
  the
  same.
  For
  instance,
  ChatGPT
  listed
  “Lack
  of
  Universal
  Healthcare”
  as
  a
  factor,
  whereas
  DeepSeek
  listed
  “High
  Cost
  of
  Medical
  Education”
  and
  “Variations
  in
  Pricing.”
• In
  general,
  DeepSeek
  was
  more
  thorough
  on
  the
  contributing
  factors
  that
  both
  identified.
  For
  instance,
  let’s
  take
  the
  issue
  of
  management
  of
  chronic
  diseases.
  Here,
  ChatGPT
  merely
  lists
  the
  high
  prevalence
  of
  diabetes,
  obesity
  and
  heart
  failure
  in
  the
  U.S.
  and
  their
  ongoing
  management
  as
  a
  cause
  for
  high
  healthcare
  costs
  in
  America.
  Meanwhile,
  DeepSeek
  says
  the
  same
  thing
  but
  adds
  that
  “lifestyle
  factors
  contribute
  to
  these
  conditions”
  and
  the
  healthcare
  industry
  bears
  the
  cost
  of
  their
  management.
  So
  here,
  one
  can
  infer
  that
  these
  diseases
  may
  indeed
  be
  preventable,
  given
  they
  are
  not
  inherited.
• DeepSeek
  demonstrates
  knowledge
  of
  recent
  history
  whereas
  ChatGPT
  doesn’t.
  In
  its
  conclusion,
  the
  OpenAI-created
  GenAI
  tool
  merely
  states
  that
  “systemic
  reform
  in
  pricing,
  regulation
  and
  in
  the
  structure
  of
  healthcare
  delivery”
  is
  needed
  to
  address
  all
  the
  various
  factors
  it
  lists
  as
  contributing
  to
  high
  healthcare
  costs.
  Meanwhile,
  DeepSeek
  cites
  the
  Affordable
  Care
  Act
  and
  how
  it
  tried
  addressing
  some
  issues
  but
  that
  in
  general
  the
  issue
  of
  high
  healthcare
  costs
  remains
  “a
  complex
  and
  politically
  charged
  challenge.”

For
more
differences
and
a
letter
grade
offered
to
each
engine,
view
this
video
below.

Photo:
Wong
Yu
Liang,
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