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Chris Ellis
Throughout my life, I've always been enthusiastic to make an impact on our healthcare system. I started off my career as a cancer researcher at MIT. I sold, built, and marketed clinical software products before founding Thatch with my incredible co-founder Adam Stevenson in 2021.
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Where we see opportunities at the intersection of fin-tech and health-tech
RCM, transparency tools, HSA/FSAs and more
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It's too hard out there for digital health
I have a lot of friends at digital health companies. They’re doing incredible things, but what they’re up against is too hard.
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A General Catalyst-backed startup raised $38M to help workers buy health coverage on their own
When Thatch hired its first employees in 2022, none of them were happy with the health insurance plan the startup picked out, according to its co-founder and CEO Chris Ellis. The solution
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The United States would see far more innovation in digital health, many more venture-scale outcomes, and attract a greater number of talented founders if the barrier to sell to employers were significantly lower than it is today. It’s hard out there for digital health, but hopefully it won’t be this way forever.
- "It's too hard out there for digital health", Sept. 25, 2024
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“Organizationally, providers want to charge more and payers want to pay less. There is no room for innovation when the deep pockets are so completely at odds with each other financially. Every great idea eventually devolves into helping providers bill more or helping insurance companies pay less. Those concepts have been commercialized to death.”
- Second Opinion, August 29, 2024
