Why Consumer Awareness About Healthcare Changes Everything 🏥 #shorts #healthcare #insurance #podcast Consumers can't make good decisions if they don't understand what they're buying. It's the reason that so much advertising is informational, educating people on exactly what product they're buying and why they need it. But healthcare is an…
The Average Person Doesn't Understand Healthcare, with Dan Cochran "I would say a lot of it is education, helping both the member and the provider realize that it's okay for them to get healthcare in home." - Dan Cochran On the third of four podcasts filmed at a recent healthcare…
The Prescription Drug Industry Is Absolute Highway Robbery 💊 #shorts #insurance #healthcare #podcast "It's absolute highway robbery." I've talked a lot about the major problems in the prescription drug space, from profit gouging to employers massively overpaying for drugs to rebates. Shawn Sanford shares in the clip below why he…
The Healthcare System Is A Stain On America's Reputation 🇺🇸 #shorts #healthcare #insurance #podcast Shawn Sanford has an amazing why: he wants his daughter to not remember how bad healthcare "used to be." As Shawn and I talk about in this clip, America is supposed to be on the bleeding…
"There can be a better path forward. We don't have to remain adherent to the system that is built against us. It's just going to take some rolling up of the sleeves and a commitment to it." - Shawn Sanford This week, another ParetoHealth colleague joins the show: Shawn Sanford,…
Health Insurance Companies WANT Medical Costs To Go Up #shorts #healthinsurance #insurance #podcast Because profit is capped as a percentage, health insurance companies actually make more profit as medical costs increase. When people talk about "misaligned incentives" in this industry, this is what they mean.
Brokers Need To Be FIGHTING For Their Clients #shorts #brokers #broker #insurance #podcast "What is the highest increase your client is willing to take until they say no?" As Kristen Rivers shares in the clip below from my interview with her, this is a question that carriers ask brokers all…
Be A (Healthcare) Advocate, with Kristen Rivers “There's a reason why every insurance carrier likely owns or is owned by a pharmacy benefit management company, that’s one of the ways that they can drive revenue." - Kristen Rivers My guest this week, Kristen Rivers from ParetoHealth, is one of the…
Why Mustangs Stand For The Middle Class #shorts #mustangs #fordmustang Why am I so passionate about Mustangs? They're obviously badass, but they're also accessible for the working class. As Luke Aslesen says in this clip, if you're making $50k or $500k, there's a Mustang for you, and that's why I'll…
Live Your Life Knowing That There Is ALWAYS Hope #shorts #hope "You should live your life knowing that there is hope." When Luke Aslesen joined me on Self-Funded with Spencer, we decided to do a Q+A after, and we talked about everything from why I used to do comedy to…
Luke Aslesen, founder of INFRMD, joined me a few weeks ago for the podcast, and we also filmed this extended interview after, in which Luke asks me about my comedy background, upbringing, relationship with my wife, and more. If you’re a long-time listener of the podcast and want to get…
Why Employers Don't Want To Pay For $2 Million Treatments #shorts #healthcare #insurance #podcast Why invest in a $2 million treatment if your employee will end up leaving in a few years anyway? It's a big problem in the health industry at large and one that I've discussed regarding wellness…
Here's Why GLP-1s Are NOT Miracle Drugs #shorts #glp1 #ozempic #wegovy #healthcare #podcast "If you just take GLP-1s in a vacuum, you probably are not going to acheive the outcome you're expecting." Contrary to marketing and popular belief, GLP-1s like Ozempic and WeGovy are NOT miracle drugs. As Justin Jasniewski…
“PBM is one of the most complicated concepts out there and it's incredibly difficult to understand. But it's not because the system itself is complicated. It's because pbms make it complicated.” - Justin Jasniewski Justin Jasniewski, CEO of Serve You Rx, joined me this week to discuss the state of…
One Of The Biggest Screw-Ups In Modern Medicine (ft. Dr. Marty Makary) "This is one of the biggest screw-ups in modern medicine." - Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H., on the lack of data showing breast cancer as a side-effect of hormone replacement therapy for women I was lucky enough to be…
"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…
