/r/healthcare/

r/healthcare

110k members
r/healthcare is a subreddit with 110k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses healthcare, insurance, struggling, worst, and cobra, and they frequently recommend/review health insurance and website.
Healthcare: systems, costs, problems and proposed solutions.

Popular Themes in r/healthcare

#1
Pain & Anger
: "Healthcare costs associated with aging out of reach for many Americans"
9 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "What do you think of Prescription Drug Affordability Boards Created in Some States?"
7 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Where do I even start with an ai medical scribe as someone completely new to this?"
3 posts
#4
News
: "Trump Administration Considers Order on Autism and Vaccines"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Would runners be interested in a more personalized health and performance app?"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "Blown away by European doctors visit cost"
1 post
#7
Opportunities
: "Measles cases increasing at alarming rate. What can be done to reverse this in today’s political climate?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/healthcare

#1

Healthcare

32 posts
#2

Insurance

14 posts
#3

Struggling

12 posts
#4

Worst

6 posts
#5

Cobra

4 posts
#6

System

4 posts
#7

Job

4 posts
#8

Patients

3 posts
#9

Debt

2 posts
#10

Costs

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/healthcare

#1
Medicare Supplement
4.0 from 1 review
#2
Cleveland Clinic
5.0 from 1 review
#3
Duke University
5.0 from 1 review

Website

2 reviews
#1
Healthgrades
4.0 from 1 review
#2
RateMDs
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/healthcare

#1
Discussion
: "The horrific widespread abuse in the nursing home industry"
71 posts
#2
News
: "Trump wants to deny healthcare to impoverished cancer patients through paperwork"
50 posts
#3
Question - Other (not a medical question)
: "Americans, what do you think about universal healthcare in Europe?"
12 posts
#4
Question - Insurance
: "Woman's appendix explodes and BCBS denies her coverage for her hospital stay"
6 posts
#5
Other (not a medical question)
: "medicine price in america vs india"
4 posts
#6
Personal Medical Question/ Health Advice
: "Hypertrichosis"
3 posts

Member Growth in r/healthcare

Yearly
+13k members(13.7%)

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Last updated: August 13, 2026