Michael Morris

The importance of transportation in healthcare is wildly overlooked. Insurance companies and hospitals don’t see transportation as one of their in-built costs. A large percentage of patients live below the poverty line, and can’t afford transportation at all. They’re not able to get basic preventative care, and end up much sicker than they would otherwise, costing the system more when they have to call emergency services, and get in-depth care for their worsened conditions. There’s a 50% missed appointment rate in the United States.

Transportation is the first and last mile of healthcare. We must change the way we think about transportation, and consider it a primary aspect of healthcare. By creating a centralized non-emergency medical transportation system, we can combine the best of commercial rideshare and private emergency transportation for a new systemic solution. This door-to-door medical transportation model expands the range of transportation while reducing healthcare costs across the board.

This is good for patients, the healthcare system, and insurance companies alike. It leads to less strain on the healthcare systems when patients have access to preventative care; safety and accessibility for patients, and lives saved as a result of better long term health outcomes.