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May 7, 2023

Podcast: How the German Healthcare Act is (sort of) helping startups

This week on the pod, we interview the cofounder of digital mental health therapeutics startup HelloBetter about the adoption rates of digital healthcare and its recent raise to expand in the US

Steph Bailey

2 min read

The German Healthcare Act, which came into play at the end of 2019, is a big deal for digital health startups. It means people in Germany can get reimbursed for a digital healthcare app (DiGA) prescribed by a doctor — a world-first.

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