Affordable healthcare would be awesome. Co-Founder / Chief Mission Officer, GoodRx.
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Why America’s healthcare system needs more pharmacies
Our most frequent interactions with America’s healthcare system aren’t typically at a doctor’s office, hospital, or urgent care center. Rather, we find ourselves—once a month or more—at a counter tucked inside our local pharmacy. These frontline pharmacists and pharmacy techs don’t just fill our prescriptions. They recommend over-the-counter treatments, give us our annual vaccines, talk to us about drug interactions, and much more.
3 things we can do to improve healthcare affordability
3 things we can do to improve healthcare affordability Technology is great, but only if it lowers healthcare costs for individuals. BY Doug Hirsch Transforming the healthcare sector is no small task, but one that more and more innovators and entrepreneurs are committed to tackling. In January, I attended CES, the annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association, and had a chance to check out current trends and new products.
3 things we can do to improve healthcare affordability
Transforming the healthcare sector is no small task, but one that more and more innovators and entrepreneurs are committed to tackling. In January, I attended CES, the annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association, and had a chance to check out current trends and new products. I saw a concerted effort to use technology and AI to improve clinical decision-making and better personalize treatments.
Other Voices: Is Grayscale's court victory the tipping point for bitcoin
By: Doug Hirsch, Sam Lieberman, Frank Restagno, and Scott Ferrier | Sadis & Goldberg On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, Grayscale Investments, LLC obtained a significant court victory in its battle with the Securities Exchange Commission for approval of an Exchange Traded Product based upon the spot price of Bitcoin.
Contributed: Medicaid unwinding highlights digital divide, creates urgency for accessible technology
2023 will be known, sadly, as the year millions of Americans were removed from Medicaid. As states reset their Medicaid eligibility rules post-pandemic, more rapid “unwinding” out of the gate is being seen than was predicted. Even though the public health emergency, which guaranteed continuous coverage for enrollees, just ended in May, 3,289,000 people on Medicaid have been disenrolled as of July 21, 2023.
This weekly routine builds stronger relationships at work, says GoodRx CEO: 'It makes up for lost time during the pandemic' Original
Twice per week, Doug Hirsch takes a 45-minute walk around the block with one of his nearly 800 employees. Hirsch, the co-CEO and founder of prescription drug savings company GoodRx, says he blocks out time for these "informal and conversational" walks because they make up for the "lost time" during the pandemic's height, when work interactions were mostly confined to screens.
I’m done with Facebook. For good. (But it’s not what you think.)
Source: https://www.livetradingnews.com/ It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 years since I ran product at Facebook. Long enough that my then pre-school daughter is packing for college. Long enough that, sadly, I can’t help get you verified on Instagram. Other than Mark and Naomi, I don’t believe anyone else from my days above the Chinese restaurant on University Avenue remains with the company. My experiences with social media have been the opposite of…well, everyone.
GoodRx Provides Exclusive Discount To Reduce Prescription Costs for Federal Employees Affected by the Shutdown
Yesterday evening, I was flying home to my family and I passed through a TSA security checkpoint. As I handed the agent my ID, I tried to be especially grateful and appreciative, because this agent will be going home this weekend without a paycheck. The current shutdown of the federal government has left over 800,000 people without pay. Many hard-working Americans won’t be receiving their paycheck.
I've been the CEO of my company for 7 years, but I consider my first day to be when I shaved, swapped my shorts for pants, and appeared on the national news, Business Insider - Business Insider Malaysia
When you’re the co-CEO of a startup that you founded, there’s never a true “first day.” Unlike walking into an established company, the startup world is much less official at the beginning, and it’s not always clear when you’ve transitioned from a small idea to a profit-seeking enterprise.
I've been the CEO of my company for 7 years, but I consider my first day to be when I shaved, swapped my shorts for pants, and appeared on the national news
When you’re the co-CEO of a startup that you founded, there’s never a true “first day.” Unlike walking into an established company, the startup world is much less official at the beginning, and it’s not always clear when you’ve transitioned from a small idea to a profit-seeking enterprise.
I've been the CEO of my company for 7 years, but I consider my first day to be when I shaved, swapped my shorts for pants, and appeared on the national news
His "aha" moment came when he was giving an interview. Doug Hirsch; Business Insider When you're the co-CEO of a startup that you founded, there's never a true "first day." Unlike walking into an established company, the startup world is much less official at the beginning, and it's not always clear when you've transitioned from a small idea to a profit-seeking enterprise.
I've been the CEO of my company for 7 years, but I consider my first day to be when I shaved, swapped my shorts for pants, and appeared on the national news
When you're the co-CEO of a startup that you founded, there's never a true "first day." Unlike walking into an established company, the startup world is much less official at the beginning, and it's not always clear when you've transitioned from a small idea to a profit-seeking enterprise.
I've been the CEO of my company for 7 years, but I consider my first day to be when I shaved, swapped my shorts for pants, and appeared on the national news
His "aha" moment came when he was giving an interview. Doug Hirsch; Business Insider When you're the co-CEO of a startup that you founded, there's never a true "first day." Unlike walking into an established company, the startup world is much less official at the beginning, and it's not always clear when you've transitioned from a small idea to a profit-seeking enterprise.
5 Ways to Really Fix High Drug Prices
What to do about drug prices? This question has once again got Washington in a boil, with the White House promising some big ideas. It’s a question that we’re thinking about pretty much all the time – and so it seems like a good time to offer some suggestions on where to start. Here are five proposals to help reduce the amount Americans spend on prescription drugs, especially out of pocket costs: It’s hard to fix drug prices if you can’t figure out how much a drug actually costs.
How GoodRx Helped Americans Save $5 Billion – and What's Next
We started GoodRx with a simple question: Could we make prescriptions affordable for all Americans? Before we could help people save, we needed to see if we could find current, accurate drug prices (it’s harder than it looks!). Then, we set out to find discounts, coupons, savings tips, membership programs, patient assistance programs and anything else that could help folks find a way to afford their prescriptions.
Prescription drug pricing is totally broken, even for generics-here's what happened
Epipens. Sovaldi. Tysabri. Acthar. Harvoni. Every month, it seems, there’s fresh outrage–from president Trump, the Congress, in the media, and among the public–over the soaring cost of prescription drugs. With good reason: The cash price for the average brand-name prescription drug has increased 48% since 2013. These increases put desperately needed treatments out of reach for many, and cost taxpayers (via Medicare and Medicaid) billions of dollars more every year.
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