Dr. Marty Makary

Just like you said, this is clearly something we should be doing. And it fits the whole what we've known and seen on the ground as doctors for many years. And that is the hard part of treating chronic disease is not telling people what to do. It's helping them do it. Behavior change. It's behavior change. It's checking in with them. It's being their friend. It's going along the walk with them.

Just like you said, this is clearly something we should be doing. And it fits the whole what we've known and seen on the ground as doctors for many years. And that is the hard part of treating chronic disease is not telling people what to do. It's helping them do it. Behavior change. It's behavior change. It's checking in with them. It's being their friend. It's going along the walk with them.

Just like you said, this is clearly something we should be doing. And it fits the whole what we've known and seen on the ground as doctors for many years. And that is the hard part of treating chronic disease is not telling people what to do. It's helping them do it. Behavior change. It's behavior change. It's checking in with them. It's being their friend. It's going along the walk with them.

If I tell – I see somebody smokes on their chart. I don't do what I used to do and tell them, yeah, you should stop smoking or you're going to die. Now I ask them, you know, some people – Let's go outside and have a cigarette. We'll talk. Almost. I almost do that. I say some people really don't want to quit. They don't want to talk about it. And other people really want to. Where do you stand?

If I tell – I see somebody smokes on their chart. I don't do what I used to do and tell them, yeah, you should stop smoking or you're going to die. Now I ask them, you know, some people – Let's go outside and have a cigarette. We'll talk. Almost. I almost do that. I say some people really don't want to quit. They don't want to talk about it. And other people really want to. Where do you stand?

If I tell – I see somebody smokes on their chart. I don't do what I used to do and tell them, yeah, you should stop smoking or you're going to die. Now I ask them, you know, some people – Let's go outside and have a cigarette. We'll talk. Almost. I almost do that. I say some people really don't want to quit. They don't want to talk about it. And other people really want to. Where do you stand?

And whatever answer you say is okay with me. Yeah. Most people say, I don't want to talk about it. And you're not going to affect them no matter what. But then you meet somebody that says, I just had a granddaughter. I'm dying to quit. We should put all of our energy in to help them with medication, behavioral, and everything. And that's what Virg is doing.

And whatever answer you say is okay with me. Yeah. Most people say, I don't want to talk about it. And you're not going to affect them no matter what. But then you meet somebody that says, I just had a granddaughter. I'm dying to quit. We should put all of our energy in to help them with medication, behavioral, and everything. And that's what Virg is doing.

And whatever answer you say is okay with me. Yeah. Most people say, I don't want to talk about it. And you're not going to affect them no matter what. But then you meet somebody that says, I just had a granddaughter. I'm dying to quit. We should put all of our energy in to help them with medication, behavioral, and everything. And that's what Virg is doing.

It's saying, if you want someone to help and go down this walk with you and help pick foods and manage your diabetes instead of just pumping insulin and We're going to be there for you.

It's saying, if you want someone to help and go down this walk with you and help pick foods and manage your diabetes instead of just pumping insulin and We're going to be there for you.

It's saying, if you want someone to help and go down this walk with you and help pick foods and manage your diabetes instead of just pumping insulin and We're going to be there for you.

And those are the solutions that in the private sector, employers that pay for healthcare, what we call ERISA plans, employer-sponsored healthcare plans, they're saying, you know, I'm going to make Virta available to my employees at this company. I'm going to make Teladoc. I'm going to make – and they're piecing together what we call these point solutions.

And those are the solutions that in the private sector, employers that pay for healthcare, what we call ERISA plans, employer-sponsored healthcare plans, they're saying, you know, I'm going to make Virta available to my employees at this company. I'm going to make Teladoc. I'm going to make – and they're piecing together what we call these point solutions.

And those are the solutions that in the private sector, employers that pay for healthcare, what we call ERISA plans, employer-sponsored healthcare plans, they're saying, you know, I'm going to make Virta available to my employees at this company. I'm going to make Teladoc. I'm going to make – and they're piecing together what we call these point solutions.

So now you can be creative and come up with a food as medicine program. You don't need to wait for Medicare and their 50 bureaucratic red tape steps. You can go to work right away and that's the exciting thing. That's why I'm so optimistic about some ray of hope in this broken healthcare system because employers are standing up and they're saying yes to the challenges.

So now you can be creative and come up with a food as medicine program. You don't need to wait for Medicare and their 50 bureaucratic red tape steps. You can go to work right away and that's the exciting thing. That's why I'm so optimistic about some ray of hope in this broken healthcare system because employers are standing up and they're saying yes to the challenges.

So now you can be creative and come up with a food as medicine program. You don't need to wait for Medicare and their 50 bureaucratic red tape steps. You can go to work right away and that's the exciting thing. That's why I'm so optimistic about some ray of hope in this broken healthcare system because employers are standing up and they're saying yes to the challenges.

They are, but at the same time, they see the demand for this. And if there's demand, they want to make those employees happy because they want to attract employees. Fertility services. Is there an ROI on it? No. But they know there's demand for those fertility services. So that is now enabling... smart people to say, hey, this makes sense medically in terms of improving health. Let's do it.

They are, but at the same time, they see the demand for this. And if there's demand, they want to make those employees happy because they want to attract employees. Fertility services. Is there an ROI on it? No. But they know there's demand for those fertility services. So that is now enabling... smart people to say, hey, this makes sense medically in terms of improving health. Let's do it.