Achieving Affordable Healthcare - The Exchange with Nick Soman

In The Exchange with KB, host Kirill Bensonoff continues his series of interviews with today’s top innovators and business leaders to know. In this latest episode, KB is joined by Nick Soman, CEO of Decent. Learn more about our guest: Nick Soman is the founder and CEO, of Decent, a company that is charting a new path forward for affordable health insurance in America. Nick is also a serial entrepreneur who scaled his first company to millions of users and successfully sold it to Napster prior to becoming Growth Lead at Gusto. Along with his vast experience as an entrepreneur, Soman also holds degrees from Harvard Business School and Stanford University. Visit: www.decent.com and follow him on Twitter: @decent Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction and welcome 00:42 Background 03:30 Founding Decent 07:28 Healthcare for all 08:51 Decent in detail 12:17 Eligibility 13:25 Delivering lower-priced insurance 17:27 Decent reception 20:33 Direct primary care 23:05 The concierge option versus others 26:03 The US healthcare system 28:20 What’s driving healthcare costs? 34:33 Motivations for healthcare workers 36:29 Utilizing blockchain 39:48 Plans for Decent 41:47 Seeking allies 42:05 Conclusion