There are many gaps in the US healthcare system from a coverage standpoint, and Vitalize Health is focusing on a very specific one: hourly workers. Specifically, what happens if you're an hourly worker, make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to cover the premiums, deductibles, and other costs of other insurance plans? Vitalize Health, coming out of Philadelphia, is working to change that, charging a monthly subscription rate to employees for basic healthcare coverage. This gap may seem crazy to clinicians from single payer systems like the UK's NHS, but is widespread in the US. And Vitalize? They've been backed by giants like billionaire Peter Thiel, Softbank, and Y Combinator to fulfill its mission. (November 2023)