CNBC May 15, 2019
Tyler Clifford

KEY POINTS
  • “Most Americans would literally go bankrupt before they can actually afford to get coverage from their insurance” because of high deductible costs, GoodRx co-CEO Doug Hirsch says.
  • “We have a great relationship both CVS and Walgreens because they actually want consumers to get an affordable price for their drug,” he tells Jim Cramer.
  • “We always start from the premise: Whatever is best for the consumer is what we’re gonna show them first,” he says.

Doug Hirsch, co-founder and co-CEO of digital pharmacy GoodRx, is on a mission to save people from health care-induced bankruptcy, he told CNBC’s Jim Cramer in San Francisco on Wednesday.

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