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How Health Insurance Costs Hurt Small Businesses

May 27, 2026
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For most small businesses, health insurance is their second or third largest expense. And they usually find out what it's going to cost them two to three weeks before renewal.

In this clip from our episode “Why Health Insurance Needs Transparency”, host John Driscoll and Ty Wang, Co-Founder and CEO of Angle Health, break down why unpredictable premium increases make it nearly impossible for small businesses to plan, and why the market has accepted this as normal for far too long.

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🎙️⚕️ABOUT TY WANG
Ty Wang is the co-founder and CEO of Angle Health, the first AI-native healthcare benefits platform built to give SMBs access to quality health plans.

Ty grew up in an immigrant family, where access to healthcare and healthcare literacy were significant challenges. He founded Angle Health to address these issues, focusing on providing transparency and simplicity in the healthcare system. Today, Angle Health partners with thousands of brokers and employers across the U.S., primarily serving small- and medium-sized businesses to offer affordable, high-quality healthcare coverage to tens of thousands of Americans.

Prior to founding Angle Health, Ty led major deployments at Palantir Technologies and spent several years in public service with the U.S. government across various foreign and domestic posts. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in electrical engineering and systems engineering.

🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK
CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. 

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