Actually Making Healthcare Affordable (with Taylor Rogers)

“To me, a private equity firm should never look at a healthcare vertical and say, God, there's opportunity there. That means that there's profit exploitation to be had in those areas.” - Taylor Rogers

Taylor Rogers, former professional baseball pitcher turned insurance consultant, joined me this week for a podcast focused on profit exploitation in the current healthcare system, and what we need to do as an industry to bring back competition and lower prices. 

There are a huge number of people in this space who used to be college or professional athletes, so I was excited to hear what led to Taylor’s baseball career and what also led him to insurance. 

Competition is an inherent component of capitalism, one that leads companies to try to lower prices as much as they can to appeal to consumers, but it’s incredibly absent from this field. Join Taylor and I this week on Self Funded as we try to figure out why. 

Chapters:

0:00 - Meet Taylor

07:38 - Consistency, in Baseball and Comedy
09:36 - The Importance of Failure in Growth
12:50 - The Evolution of Insurance Consulting Strategies
18:00 - bridging the gap with accessible communication
23:28 - Navigating Risk Management Challenges in Insurance
25:01 - Guiding employees through the healthcare system
31:26 - Limitations of 24/7 emergency care navigation
35:16 - Strategic guidance and business acumen in consulting

46:29 - The Potential of Direct Primary Care

Key Links for Social:

@SelfFunded on YouTube for video versions of the podcast and much more - https://www.youtube.com/@SelfFunded

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Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-funded-with-spencer/id1566182286

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