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"Africa Has No Peanut Allergies" 🥜 #shorts #immunity #allergies #health #healthcare #podcast "Africa has no peanut allergies." As Dr. Marty Makary shares in this clip below from his episode of Self-Funded with Spencer, we often create our own problems. In this case, we leaned way too heavily into sheltering people…

You NEED To Question Public Health Recommendations #shorts #publichealth #health #medical #podcast What health recommendations are we abiding by right now that are wrong? It's a question that Dr. Marty Makary explores in his new book "Blind Spots", as well as on Self-Funded with Spencer in the SURPRISE episode that…

“You know, Africa has no peanut allergies.” - Dr. Marty Makary I was honored to be joined this week by Dr. Marty Makary to promote his new book “Blind Spots”, which published this week and is currently a national bestseller. To purchase “Blind Spots”, use this link: https://geni.us/blindspots Dr. Marty…

Will America Have National Healthcare? 🇺🇸🩺 #shorts #future #healthcareforall #healthcare #podcast Luke Aslesen laying out what healthcare will look like in the next decade if we don't fix it. I think more and more people being upset about the current system is a great thing, but it's important that we…

Healthcare Is DESIGNED To Make Money Off Of You 👨‍⚕️💰 #shorts #healthcare #insurance #podcast "This thing is designed to make as much money off of you as possible." Luke Aslesen, founder of INFRMD, shares why it's so important to inform the actual consumers of healthcare about how the system works.…

How Do You Stay Authentic And Creative In Insurance? (with Luke Aslesen) “So many times these employers are like, ‘dude, I spend so much money on this, and my employees don't care at all.’ Or what's even worse is they go, ‘our employees love it, we have a great, great…

Why Mental Health Treatment Needs an End Date #shorts #mentalhealth #depression #ssri #therapy What if we treated stretches of depression less like a disease and more like an injury? It's a provocative question, and one that Self-Funded with Spencer guest Amil Patel raised during this week's podcast. Instead of going…

We've got to start thinking of radical solutions to our mental health crisis. Amil Patel shares his in this clip. Like any facet of healthcare, it's often easier in the short term and much worse in the long term to only focus on treating symptoms. Obviously, if someone is struggling…

“If we're facing a [mental health] crisis and we want radical change, we’ve got to think about radical solutions. If those radical solutions can show objectively with safety and efficacy data, that they're really helping people and really changing lives, then I think we ought to at least explore and…

Your Health, Your Rules: The Future Of Healthcare #shorts #healthcare #autonomy #choice #podcast I hope, and believe, that personal autonomy will be a huge part of the future of healthcare in this country. As people get access to more and more data about their own health, we'll be empowered and…

Is it possible to make insurance cool? It is if you’re Luke Aslesen of @getinfrmd Just ask my 7-year old daughter. I showed her this promo reel and she said, “Dad, that guy is cooler than you. He has tattoos and a hat”! Yes he is, and yes he does…

Goodbye, Waiting Rooms: Hello, Virtual Healthcare! 🩺💻 #shorts #future #healthcare #doctor #podcast When most of us think about telemedicine, it's for treating/diagnosing acute problems: your colds, your flus, etc. However, as Jon O'Toole shared on this week's Self-Funded with Spencer, one of the biggest areas for growth in virtual care…

“Utilization is key for virtual urgent care. Let us be your first line of defense, rather than like, ‘oh, I do have a telemedicine on the back of my insurance card, I’m not sure what it does.’” - Jon O’Toole Especially in the last few years (for obvious reasons), telehealth…

"No matter what you're doing, you've gotta enjoy life." #shorts #happiness #life #wisdom #podcast I always ask for closing thoughts on the podcast, and Heather Bowers' were a pleasant surprise. Instead of talking about a specific topic we had covered or something healthcare-related, she shared some life advice that applies…

What If Your Employer Paid You $10,000 To Get Healthy? 🩺🍎🏃‍♂️ #shorts #health #healthcare #podcast How do you incentivize wellness? A $10,000 prize is a pretty good start. Two of the biggest ongoing issues in self-funding are getting employees to focus on their wellness and getting them to engage with…

Elevate Your Customer Service Game (with Heather Bowers) “Life is short. In the meantime, your health is, at the end of the day, your health is all you have." - Heather Bowers Differentiating yourself through customer service is a tricky thing: it’s talked about so frequently that it can almost…

Join me for a deep dive into the Tokio Marine HCC 2024 Stop Loss Market Report, presented at the home studio of @SelfFunded (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4aPWFnLVkDVYRKHZdW3oMw) with Spencer podcast. I reviewed the report and identified the 5 key takeaways. We discuss things like Leveraged Trend, Large Claim Frequency, and the average Specific…

Stop Saying No, Start Saying "Yes, And" #shorts #leadership #teamwork #collaboration #podcast "Yes, and," The golden rule of improv comedy is also a core principal of Vālenz® Health's culture. As Robert Gelb shares in the clip below, responding to employees with "yes, and" is always better than a response that…

Sales Is MORE Than Just Relationships #shorts #sales #selling #salestips #podcast #mindset You can't succeed in the sales world off of relationships alone. Salespeople are taught that sales is about relationships, and that's absolutely true. Building strong relationships is key to winning sales, but it shouldn't be the only thing…

How Do We Engage Members? (with Rob Gelb) “We're simplifying the complexities of healthcare. We gotta declutter it, we've gotta demystify it, we've gotta make it more transparent and understandable in bite sized ways where members know and understand what's happening for and to them." - Rob Gelb It sounds…

If you cold call 1 prospect, you reach 1 prospect. But if you make 1 good piece of content, it could potentially get in from of 1,000’s of prospects. AND that piece of content will continue to circulate and work for you, potentially for years. My first @SelfFunded white board…

We Need CAPITALISM To Fix Healthcare In The US #shorts #healthcare #insurance #ushealthcare #podcast The best healthcare systems in the world are both profit-driven and deeply competitive. Brandon Weber and I both believe that what's missing in our current system is that "deeply competitive" part. As Brandon shares in the…

Why Brokers Are The People Who Will Fix Healthcare #shorts #healthcare #brokers #insurance #podcast "The benefits brokerage industry might be the most important change agent for fixing healthcare." This week's episode of Self-Funded with Spencer is all about Brandon Weber's unique perspective on the healthcare industry; Brandon is from the…

Fixing Healthcare Now (with Brandon Weber in San Francisco) “If you talk to almost anyone in this industry over a beer or something like that, I think they will all agree that we are operating in a pretty antiquated industry that needs some serious modernization, innovation, reimagination." - Brandon Weber…