Elon Musk outlined a vision for Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots to perform sophisticated medical procedures with superhuman precision, enabling universal access to elite surgical care worldwide.
Imagine a world where everyone has access to the best surgeons. Optimus will have the level of precision that is frankly superhuman… There’s a very limited number of great doctors and surgeons. They don’t grow on trees, now they will get built in factories.
If successful, this would enable medicare for all at an affordable price and enable the services needed for social security to be affordable.
“Imagine a world where everyone has access to the best surgeons. Optimus will have the level of precision that is frankly superhuman… There's a very limited number of great doctors and surgeons. They don't grow on trees, now they will get built in factories.”
— Elon Musk pic.twitter.com/R8TFUeqNv4
— Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) November 14, 2025
The only way to get a health care plan that works, would be if Elon Musk builds a robot hospital, robot urgent care and robot medical centers.
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Elon Musk:
Imagine a world where everyone has access to the best surgeons. Optimus will have the level of precision that is frankly superhuman… There’s a very limited number of great doctors and surgeons. They don’t grow on trees, now they will get built in factories.
People talk about eliminating poverty and providing medical care but they do not have an actual solution.
Scott Adams: The only way to get a health care plan that works, would be if Elon Musk builds a robot hospital
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Elon Musk: Doctors and surgeons don't grow on trees, but now they will get built in factories. @ScottAdamsSays: Coffee with Scott Adams@elonmusk:… pic.twitter.com/zDyHQnAFHr
— jay plemons (@jayplemons) November 15, 2025
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Expect The American Medical Association, The American Dental Association, etc. to push for 100% bans on home robots performing ANY medical, dental, etc. procedures. There is no way the health industry in the USA is going to willingly allow itself to be lessened.
So instead of trying to max his revenue like eg big pharma Elon would go all altruistic and provide cheap healthcare for the masses?
I’d have to see something concrete before I believe…
These already exist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxoRSEIqs2I
Start by dumping US style medical insurance, and go to single payer.
Try noticing that,
1: Nobody actually has single payer, everybody actually lets you buy health care outside the system if you have the money.
2: Socialized medicine systems tend to save money by delaying treatment until the patient dies. With an increasing trend of pressuring people to just commit suicide.
Dross.
I live in the UK and received a blisteringly expensive operation for free on the NHS.
Yes yes I paid tax – but so did the corporations who also paid for it.
Ahh yes. The corporations paid tax. They surely didn’t pass this tax on to their customer. The corporations can just eat a unlimited amount of tax with nary a repercussion. Free money I would say. Also its a good thing you are not learning disabled. NHS has a tendency to practice a little eugenics there. 1942 Germany would be very proud of you guys. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/13/new-do-not-resuscitate-orders-imposed-on-covid-19-patients-with-learning-difficulties
Compare the US to everyone else in this plot.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy-vs-health-expenditure