HealthSherpa has originated more exchange plans, it originated more exchange plans but for
But healthspan is more complicated because it has components that are somewhat subjective.
And HealthSherpa is basically an Affordable Care Act market place for health insurance, after healthcare.gov.
And I think healthspan is less obvious because it's harder to define, harder to measure.
And what scientists think healthspan is, is the time you're alive in a more healthy functioning state.
- And so healthspan is really the key thing.
And what scientists think healthspan is is the time you're alive in a more healthy, functioning state- and that's what we're trying to optimize.
So you mentioned HealthSherpa, that's a domain where we have all of these government exchanges.
that there are so many healths data that we have today from 23andMe to Fitbits.
You won't necessarily get the healthspan benefits because, for example, you could injure yourself.
of those miracles might be-- our healthspan physically and cognitively slows.
I think what is more critical is our healthspan.
And what physical activity does is it increases your healthspan, and your healthspan therefore increases your lifespan.
And what physical activity does is it increases your healthspan and your healthspan therefore increases your lifespan.
Third example is a new investment of ours called HealthSherpa.
But I do think it is important to differentiate between lifespan and healthspan, as they are two different components.
And that's what lifespan is, but healthspan is not.
And their model is basically a federated cooperative model, where because the laws about healths data are so different from country to country,
Yeah, great. So building on the concept of healthspan, in the book, you talk about the four horsemen and describing the toll
And just how do they contribute to staving off the four horsemen and just contributing to healthspan?
- We know that there is sometimes a disconnect between this concept, what we call lifespan and healthspan.
We know that there is sometimes a disconnect between this concept what we call 'lifespan' and 'healthspan.'
On the backend, once we have a product that goes out, collecting all those safety databases, working with the Epics, the Serners of the world, the United Healths of the world, the Optums,
Can you describe how you think about longevity and maybe share a little bit about the terms that you use, lifespan versus healthspan?
And, therefore, I think it's harder for people to wrap their mind around, what is healthspan?
Second question then is, are you taking this because you believe it will positively impact lifespan or healthspan?
Before modern medicine, what determined how long you lived was actually how long you were healthy, your 'healthspan.' And so healthspan is really the key thing.