Why Your Health Insurer Now Covers Meditation Apps

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rapid expansion of digital therapeutics in health insurance coverage. They focus on the specific case of Calm, the meditation app, which saw a 40% increase in employer-sponsored coverage from 2024 to 2025. They discuss how insurers are leveraging these tools to reduce anxiety-related claims, the rise of prescription digital therapeutics like Pear Therapeutics' reSET-O for opioid use disorder, and the $300 million market for digital cognitive behavioral therapy. The hosts also examine the regulatory landscape, including FDA clearances for software-based treatments, and what this means for premium costs and patient outcomes. A critical look at whether these investments are genuine wellness support or cost-shifting mechanisms. #DigitalTherapeutics #HealthInsurance #MeditationApps #Calm #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy #PearTherapeutics #reSETO #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Economics #HealthcareEconomics #WellnessIndustrialComplex #HealthTech #InsurerInnovation #PrescriptionDigitalTherapeutics #OpioidCrisis #MentalHealthCoverage #CostContainment Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo