

The Complex Relation Between Cost and Quality with Reid Rasmussen
Description:
Benefits cost more and cover less; out-of-pocket costs are skyrocketing. The healthcare system is frustrating. Lester Morales sits down and talks with Reid Rasmussen Co-Founder and CEO of Freshbenies. They discuss how the combination of high costs and poor health outcomes is not a mistake. The system is built wrong and is working as supposed to. But, prioritizing quality healthcare outcomes addresses the core problems in the healthcare system and achieves lower costs as a positive consequence.
Show Notes:
Reid talks about why and discuss the healthcare system is getting more complicated and how difficult it is to be a patient (01:25)
Lester and Reid discuss the importance of Advocacy and how the wave of new ideas must be included. (13:23)
Reid infantizes the lack of quality information and how the system continues without us as a society. (18:00)
Lester and his guess Reid talk about how they need to strive to create an impact using more tools and how they must keep talking about approaching healthcare differently. (41:00)