Less Confusion. Less Stress. More Care.
CareLess is a healthcare financial clarity platform designed to help students understand, predict, and manage medical expenses across the full healthcare journey.
It combines cost forecasting, bill simplification, generative AI explanations, voice assistance, a blockchain-powered emergency fund, and a centralized dashboard.
Estimate medical expenses before seeing a provider.
- Input insurance details (deductible, copay, coinsurance)
- Calculate estimated total treatment cost
- Calculate estimated out-of-pocket cost
- AI-generated explanation of how costs were derived
- Optional voice narration using ElevenLabs
This helps students understand financial impact before scheduling care.
Upload an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) or medical bill (PDF).
- Extract service line items
- Translate CPT codes and insurance jargon into plain English
- Structured breakdown:
- Charge
- Allowed amount / network discount
- Insurance paid
- Patient responsibility
- Generate:
- Appeal checklist
- Suggested call script for insurance/billing office
This transforms complex billing documents into actionable insights.
A centralized view of the user’s healthcare financial journey.
- Track estimated costs
- View uploaded bill summaries
- Monitor out-of-pocket trends
- Review AI-generated explanations
- See donation activity (if wallet connected)
The dashboard provides clarity across all interactions within CareLess.
A transparent blockchain-powered support system.
- Donate using Phantom Wallet
- Built on Solana
- On-chain confirmation
- Configurable network (devnet / mainnet)
Supports students facing unexpected medical costs.
CareLess uses the Google Gemini API to:
- Extract structured data from uploaded EOB PDFs
- Convert medical and insurance terminology into plain language
- Generate personalized explanations of cost calculations
- Create appeal guidance and call scripts
ElevenLabs is used for text-to-speech narration of AI-generated explanations.
- React
- Vite
- Node.js
- Express
- PDF parsing
- Rule-based insurance calculation engine
- Google Gemini API
- ElevenLabs (Text-to-Speech)
- Solana
- Phantom Wallet
Note: This project does not use MongoDB.
Create a .env file in the project root:
VITE_GEMINI_API_KEY=
VITE_ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=
VITE_ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=
VITE_DONATION_WALLET=
VITE_SOLANA_CLUSTER=devnet
⚠️ Do not commit your .env file. Ensure it is added to .gitignore.
🛠 Installation & Setup
git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/careless.git
cd careless
npm install
npm run dev
Application runs at:
http://localhost:5173
🎬 Demo Flow
PreVisit → Enter insurance details → View AI explanation
PostVisit → Upload EOB → View simplified breakdown
Dashboard → Review financial summary
Community → Connect Phantom → Donate → View on-chain confirmation
🎯 Mission
CareLess reduces financial anxiety in healthcare by turning complex insurance systems into clear, understandable insights — empowering students to make informed decisions.
