For the last eight months, Criterion Ventures has been on an incredible journey – a discovery into the root causes of medical debt and ways to alleviate the burden. 

With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, Criterion Ventures led a large group of participants in an exhaustive consultative process that mapped the issue.  The results of this phase are presented in the Mapping Report.  Our research led us to discover leverage points, areas of impact where change is possible, and components of the system that could be re-organized to lead to solutions.

A defining moment was when we realized that the underlying system foundation to medical debt was a cash market – and that the cash market was stunted and irrational.  Our discovery and exploration of the implications of an irrational cash market are presented in the Cash Market Report.

Currently, we are working on launching a venture that will help to rationalize the cash market.

If you have questions or comments, please contact Elizabeth McCance at mccance (at) criterionventures.com.