No. The threat Ted was trying to fight was way too abstract with no real solution because people love technology too much.
But there really is no doubt that our current US healthcare system is a complete failure as a method of providing affordable healthcare to people who need it. Instead it has been warped by greedy psychopaths like Brian Thompson into a a system that enriches greedy psychopaths by denying lifesaving care or even just care that would drastically improve quality of life. The $20 billion of "profit" that united health made last year is simply healthcare they denied their customers.
