What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Few of you are likely old enough to remember “Who’s on First?,” the famous comedy bit from Abbott and Costello, but that’s a shame. If you haven’t heard it, you really should seek it out (listen here) because it’s one of the funniest comedy skits in history, at least in the view of me and […]
As of last week, the heart of Obamacare is upon us with the opening of the health insurance exchanges (HIXs). And while some think this represents the heart of darkness, it is hard to imagine that anything will stop January 1, 2014 from coming and, with it, a new legal requirement for all Americans to […]
While I was time-wasting on Facebook or Twitter or whatever it was the other day, I came across a Kaiser Family Foundation quiz about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, now commonly known as the ACA. Since I spend at least 94.7% of my time dealing with issues related to the ACA, I figured […]
Shakespeare’s play MacBeth opens with two witches uttering these words: “When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain? “When the hurlyburly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.” The quote refers to the impending reunion of three sister witches intent on evil, but it struck me as a great metaphor for […]
Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance–Plato Let’s just say you own a car. You have undoubtedly purchased insurance for the car and if you are diligent and worried about value and performance, you also are diligent about maintenance. You get the oil changed according to schedule, you fill it with the right kind of […]
I frequently am in a position to tell young companies that our firm is not ready to invest in them because their business model is, at least in the current world, overly dependent on consumers paying for the product or service being offered. While there are a few examples of successful consumer-pay healthcare companies, they […]
Ugh. I am recovering from my fourth ear infection/cold/flu thing of 2011, which completely sucks. Nothing worse than a healthcare person interacting with the medical system. We know too much. I went to my doctor yesterday, finally, after realizing that neither pretending I wasn’t sick, nor begging the gods to make it stop, nor the […]
Ugh. I am recovering from my fourth ear infection/cold/flu thing of 2011, which completely sucks. Nothing worse than a healthcare person interacting with the medical system. We know too much. I went to my doctor yesterday, finally, after realizing that neither pretending I wasn’t sick, nor begging the gods to make it stop, nor the […]
I saw an article when I woke up today and it compelled me to dash off this quick post. Entitled “Wal-Mart Cuts Some Health Care Benefits,” the article details Wal-Mart’s decision to eliminate coverage for new part-time workers who work less than 24 hours/week and to increase costs, including deductibles and premiums, for virtually all […]
Are you feeling a little chilly right now? Look around–do you see icebergs? Are baby harp seals collecting around your feet? If not, they should be, because Hell has clearly frozen over: a major U.S. health insurer has decided to give a bunch of money back to its beneficiaries as a result of “excess profits.” […]
Lisa Suennen is a venture capital investor and the managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, LLC, which publishes the Venture Valkyrie blog and co-produces the Tech Tonics podcast. She is also co-founder of CSweetener, a women's healthcare mentoring organization.