The Upfront Pricing Phenomenon | Out-Of-Pocket

Entrenched interests are tough to navigate, but I would say that this crisis is forcing every line item and service provider to be scrutinized and see exactly what they’re providing. Right now, every buyer in healthcare is trying figure out how their different healthcare service providers can help them in a remote-first way, and most of these compa... See more

Challenge #3: Lack of price transparency and increasing costs of healthcare

The concept of pricing tied to volume has become outdated now that we have extremely expensive one-shot cures like Zolgensma and digital therapeutics which have near 0 marginal cost to giving one more “dose”.

- Be cost-conscious. Care is getting wildly expensive. Primary Care 3.0 should use data to recommend the least expensive way to diagnose and treat, and manage over time 95% of general health issues.

But cutting out the middle-man is in itself a good insurance policy against whatever reforms the future might bring: In any scenario, there will be people willing to spend significantly on the healthcare industry’s version of a first class flight.