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Jessica Schaefer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
147 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I stopped traveling, which is very rare for me. I was supposed to speak at all these conferences and travel on the weekends or even I decreased the amount of movement and kept my mornings open so that it wasn't as stressful. But I The doctors were like, oh, you can still travel and do all this stuff. But I'm like, it's just not worth it.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I stopped traveling, which is very rare for me. I was supposed to speak at all these conferences and travel on the weekends or even I decreased the amount of movement and kept my mornings open so that it wasn't as stressful. But I The doctors were like, oh, you can still travel and do all this stuff. But I'm like, it's just not worth it.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I stopped traveling, which is very rare for me. I was supposed to speak at all these conferences and travel on the weekends or even I decreased the amount of movement and kept my mornings open so that it wasn't as stressful. But I The doctors were like, oh, you can still travel and do all this stuff. But I'm like, it's just not worth it.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I think if you're going to do this, you really need to focus on it and invest the time and do it the right way. So you don't have to do multiple cycles.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I think if you're going to do this, you really need to focus on it and invest the time and do it the right way. So you don't have to do multiple cycles.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I think if you're going to do this, you really need to focus on it and invest the time and do it the right way. So you don't have to do multiple cycles.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

So it's the much larger companies and those in the healthcare industries. I actually haven't seen many smaller tech companies. So late stage companies where they have the ability to, but I also think it's not that much more. to add it on to your employment policies. So I think we'll start to see a lot more employers offer this and the younger generation, they're expecting it.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

So it's the much larger companies and those in the healthcare industries. I actually haven't seen many smaller tech companies. So late stage companies where they have the ability to, but I also think it's not that much more. to add it on to your employment policies. So I think we'll start to see a lot more employers offer this and the younger generation, they're expecting it.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

So it's the much larger companies and those in the healthcare industries. I actually haven't seen many smaller tech companies. So late stage companies where they have the ability to, but I also think it's not that much more. to add it on to your employment policies. So I think we'll start to see a lot more employers offer this and the younger generation, they're expecting it.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

One other thing that people can do is you can actually take your HSA and your savings and you can contribute a rollover Let's say you're 21 and you're getting your first job in tech. I would just recommend that women start to contribute to that and think about it almost as their family planning and not just focusing on your 401k. And then it's not as cost prohibitive as many people think.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

One other thing that people can do is you can actually take your HSA and your savings and you can contribute a rollover Let's say you're 21 and you're getting your first job in tech. I would just recommend that women start to contribute to that and think about it almost as their family planning and not just focusing on your 401k. And then it's not as cost prohibitive as many people think.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

One other thing that people can do is you can actually take your HSA and your savings and you can contribute a rollover Let's say you're 21 and you're getting your first job in tech. I would just recommend that women start to contribute to that and think about it almost as their family planning and not just focusing on your 401k. And then it's not as cost prohibitive as many people think.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And we are starting to see that. I've spoken with a lot of doctors who have left some of the players you might be thinking about. And the reason is they're seeing 30 to 50 patients a day, which is just insane. You don't have enough time with your doctor. And then right now the process is you take the shots at night, you have to call. Let's say you have a question. Your doctor is not available.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And we are starting to see that. I've spoken with a lot of doctors who have left some of the players you might be thinking about. And the reason is they're seeing 30 to 50 patients a day, which is just insane. You don't have enough time with your doctor. And then right now the process is you take the shots at night, you have to call. Let's say you have a question. Your doctor is not available.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And we are starting to see that. I've spoken with a lot of doctors who have left some of the players you might be thinking about. And the reason is they're seeing 30 to 50 patients a day, which is just insane. You don't have enough time with your doctor. And then right now the process is you take the shots at night, you have to call. Let's say you have a question. Your doctor is not available.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

There's no one to speak to at night. And so I think the process is fundamentally flawed right now. And to your point, there are some VC backed fertility companies that are cutting corners basically to reach their growth targets. And You'll see in their success outcomes and what has led to a live birth. They're just not hitting where they need to be.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

There's no one to speak to at night. And so I think the process is fundamentally flawed right now. And to your point, there are some VC backed fertility companies that are cutting corners basically to reach their growth targets. And You'll see in their success outcomes and what has led to a live birth. They're just not hitting where they need to be.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

There's no one to speak to at night. And so I think the process is fundamentally flawed right now. And to your point, there are some VC backed fertility companies that are cutting corners basically to reach their growth targets. And You'll see in their success outcomes and what has led to a live birth. They're just not hitting where they need to be.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

Yeah, I think there are opportunities to use technology to help. There is no reason that someone like myself should have taken the trigger shot accidentally. You could get updates on your app or you could get basically be meeting with a nurse or a fertility specialist more often. often via telehealth, which is not happening right now. I think there's also ways to incorporate AI into the process.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

Yeah, I think there are opportunities to use technology to help. There is no reason that someone like myself should have taken the trigger shot accidentally. You could get updates on your app or you could get basically be meeting with a nurse or a fertility specialist more often. often via telehealth, which is not happening right now. I think there's also ways to incorporate AI into the process.