Sesame, Marketplaces, Price Transparency, and Cutting Out Insurance
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A startup builds a marketplace for the uninsured
You’ve probably noticed: I like to write about companies that are shifting healthcare incentive structures by coming up with new business models. Building on that theme, today we’ll look at Sesame. Sesame was launched early in 2019 via—what else?—a Medium post by founder David Goldhill. I’ve written before about some of Goldhill’s ideas, and I’m intrigued that he’s putting them into practice by starting a company. Furthermore, Sesame has been affected by COVID, and it’s interesting to see an early-stage company maneuver through it. In Goldhill’s words: Sesame is a marketplace for health…
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