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Self-Funded, hosted by Spencer Smith, is the definitive resource for benefits consultants and employers who are ready to challenge the broken healthcare status quo.
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The Right Way to Buy Stop-Loss in 2026 | with Monique Burke (opens the original)
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Monique Burke buys more stop-loss than almost anyone in this business, and the rate is the last thing she looks at. She built OneDigital's stop-loss center of excellence starting with a spreadsheet, an offshore data team, and one other person. It's doubled year over year since. Now it covers everything from marketing a case through claims reimbursement, plus TPA and captive selection, because every time they solved one problem another piece of the stack turned out to be broken. We get into what
The Program That Wipes Out Catastrophic Medical Bills | with Brett Morris (opens the original)
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Two kids called Brett Morris to tell him he saved their father's life. The man had cancer and had decided not to fight it. He'd spent his working life saving for their education and he wasn't going to spend it on himself. Samaritan Fund covered his care, he changed his mind, and he beat it. That's the business. Brett finds people facing catastrophic medical costs, sources third-party funds to cover their premiums and out-of-pocket maximum, and the employer's plan gets relief as a byproduct. He s
The $17B Aon-USI Deal & August Healthcare News | Last Month in Healthcare (opens the original)
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"I look at it as an opportunity for everybody else. You're already seeing people on LinkedIn saying, I can't wait for the disruption." - Lamont Thurston, BeneRe In this episode of Last Month in Healthcare, Producer Nathaniel and I sat down with Lamont Thurston, founder and CEO of BeneRe, to break down the biggest healthcare news stories of August 2026. We started with Aon's $17 billion all-cash acquisition of USI, a deal that lit up LinkedIn for a week straight. KKR took USI private for $4.3 bil
The Surgeon Who Flies Himself To Every Operation | with Ronen Elefant (opens the original)
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There are roughly 9,000 ambulatory surgery centers in the United States, and most of them aren't running at capacity. Ronen Elefant figured out that he didn't need to build another one; he just needed to reach the ones already sitting half empty. My guest this week is a trauma surgeon in Pennsylvania who has been flying his own plane to work for fourteen years. About a year ago he turned that into a business: rent time at an ASC, fly in, do the cases, fly home. One bundled price covering the fac
2027 Renewal Season Prep with Imagine360 - LIVE! (opens the original)
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This episode was recorded live on LinkedIn with Bill Dembereckyj, CFO of Imagine360, and it's a look at renewal season from the seat that ultimately signs off on it. Bill walks through three real cases: a 250-life senior living facility staring at a 50% increase, an 85-life restaurant group facing a $450,000 jump, and a 140-life private school looking at 60%. We get into why CFOs are being brought in far too late, why Bill started his own plan renewal in Q1, and what happens when finance only ge
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