Revolutionizing Medication & Nutrition Access: Kelly Springer & Julie Wasserman on the Verus Rx Partnership

In this game-changing episode, Kelly Springer is joined by Julie Wasserman, Vice President of Sales at Verus Rx, to share major news about their new partnership—and why it may be one of the most important healthcare collaborations of 2025.

Together, they are launching a powerful model that integrates prescription drug savings with nutrition education, using a bold food-as-medicine approach. Through this new partnership, Kelly’s Choice and Verus Rx aim to reduce dependency on expensive drugs like GLP-1s and instead empower people with nutrition, lifestyle education, and long-term health transformation.

Julie explains how Verus Rx, a forward-thinking pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), is flipping the script on the outdated PBM model by putting the member first, prioritizing transparency, and aligning with partners who want to lower healthcare costs by actually improving health outcomes.

• What Verus Rx is and how it's different from traditional PBMs

• Why current healthcare and prescription systems are broken

• How GLP-1s (like Ozempic and Wegovy) exposed cracks in the system

• The high cost of chronic illness medications and how nutrition can reduce reliance on them

• Why most PBMs profit from prescription volume—and why Verus Rx doesn’t

• How Kelly’s Choice will use registered dietitians and remote patient monitoring to create measurable ROI

• The role of nutrition education in reversing conditions like fatty liver, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure

• Why many doctors still don’t refer to dietitians—and how Kelly plans to change that

• How this partnership will provide real data and outcomes to support food-as-medicine initiatives

• The long-term vision for schools, employers, and policymakers to integrate nutrition as preventative care

• This is not a wellness trend—it’s a disruptive healthcare solution with real results.

• PBMs don’t have to profit from poor health; Verus Rx is proof that patient-centered, cost-effective models are possible.

• Nutrition can be the intervention that saves lives and dollars—but only if implemented and measured correctly.

• Education is everything. The more we teach—at schools, worksites, and medical practices—the more we can prevent disease.

Julie Wasserman
🌐 Learn more: verusrx.com
📧 Find Julie on LinkedIn or connect via Kelly’s network for direct inquiries

Kelly Springer
🌐 kellyschoice.org
📘 Author of The New Weight Loss Era – Available now on Amazon
📧 Email: kellyspringer@live.com

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