Q&A: PlushCare cofounder & CEO Ryan McQuaid on the Teladoc-Livongo merger, Amazon Care, and the future of telehealth
Teladoc shook the virtual care landscape up when it merged with digital therapeutics firm Livongo in a $18.5 billion deal in October, forming the first ever virtual care giant with a combined 70 million users—holding the potential to overshadow smaller telehealth startups. But Teladoc-Livongo isn’t the only disruptive force in telehealth: Amazon is inching closer to scaling its virtual care platform, Amazon Care, beyond its employees to its members. We spoke with the co-founder and CEO of telehealth company PlushCare, Ryan McQuaid, about the Teladoc-Livongo merger and the looming threat o...