Our Health. Our Voice. Our Future.
Welcome to iedereen.org, where youth voice is harnessed to bring awareness and change to our healthcare system and the innovations that will transform it. iedereen means '"everyone' in Dutch language and reflects our belief that all deserve access to basic and advanced medical treatments.
1 in 5
U.S. Teens lack access to mental healthcare due to cost.
1 in 3
U.S. Adults delayed or skipped care due to cost.
4.2 million
Children are uninsured in America.
41%
U.S. Adults have medical debt.
$15,768
Healthcare spending per person in America in 2023 (CMS Data)
$1.5 trillion
AI expected to help save in healthcare spending by 2050.
Learn. Advocate. Transform Healthcare
We aim to empower young people to understand and shape the future of healthcare by exploring patient experiences, AI-driven innovations, career paths, and policy solutions through conversations with experts and community voices.
Awareness & Advocacy
Our goal is to build healthcare literacy and raise awareness of the realities of medical treatment affordability, the barriers many communities face, and the policy decisions that shape who gets care nd who doesn’t. We aim to empower teens and young adults to ask questions, get involved, and become advocates for a more equitable and accessible healthcare system for all.
Technology & AI
AI is transforming healthcare by helping doctors diagnose faster, personalize treatment, and spot health risks early. It also makes care navigation easier, guiding patients through scheduling, insurance, and referrals. AI speeds up drug discovery, improves clinical trials, and supports precision care, making innovation more efficient. Without changes, 25% of GDP is expected to be spent on healthcare by 2050.
Interview Series
Youth For Impact series - We speak with patients about their lived experiences, gaining insight into the real-world impact of our healthcare system. In parallel, we will engage healthcare professionals, economists, technology, and business leaders to discuss the state of healthcare, policy goals, and strategies for meaningful reform.
Learn about the U.S. Healthcare System
Our goal is empower you to navigate the American medicare care with confidence. We're creating a space that highlights the impressive technology and medical breakthroughs and explains in plain terms how care and coverage are delivered through a hybrid system of programs and insurers. We will also explore critical policy issues that will impact the future.
Youth 4 Impact Series
An interview series where we talk to leading healthcare, technology, policy and business leaders and share the latest ideas on that shape our healthcare. future.
Watch this space!
We have excited interviews lined up.
Why iedereen?
I founded iedereen.org because I believe medicine should not come with an impossible price tag or other high barriers to overcome. The name, iedereen, means “everyone” in Dutch language, which is a nod to my beloved Leiden-born grandfather. Our goals include building awareness, sharing, and creating advocacy opportunities, and to identify opportunities for AI to help overcome barriers to care.
These issues are personal to me, as I am sure they are for many others. My cousin was fighting glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, which cost $200,000 on average in the first 6 months alone. She passed after a 3 year battle and she depleted her life savings (a common experience for 42% of similar patients). Targeted therapies, including expensive immunotherapy, have costs ranging from $130,000 for a 12-week course of ipilimumab to over $200,000 for a year of treatment for drugs like nivolumab.
This may be one reason why only 51% of Americans are considered “cost secure” (= able to access and afford quality healthcare) in late 2024. That number is disproportionately lower among Black, Hispanic, and low income-households. (Source).
So, what can we do about this? At iedereen we want everyone to get involved with three things:
Awareness - Develop your own awareness of the barriers to care and share your knowledge. The more of us are aware of the problems, the more of us can work on achieving change. The Youth For Impact interview series will shed light on new ideas and current issues that impact our and welbeing.
Advocacy - Policy and regulations can create structural improvements. It is important to make your voices heard with the people who make policy decisions.
AI Impact- AI is being used to lower the costs of care and reduce the financial burden of treatment for families. How can Youth get involved in technology innovations that will shape healthcare of our generation.
Henri Smit
Henri Smit
Henri is passionate about using AI, computational methods, and scientific solutions to solve real healthcare problems, from predicting immunotherapy responses to preventing sports concussions. His team won 3rd place in the Emory University HITI Lab AI Datathon for “Impact of Pre-Processing Strategies on Classification of Chest X-Ray Embeddings." In addition, Henri believes advanced medicine should be accessible to everyone (iedereen).
Founder & President
Ethan Hyunh
Director, Outreach
Ethan is an aspiring medical doctor and researcher based in Montverde, FL. He is interested in making medical advancements accessible. His research on "Predictors of Pulmonary Complications Including Unplanned Intubation Within 30 Days of Craniotomy" won the Outstanding Research Award at Southeast Society of Academic Emergency Medicine meeting.
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