Fritz Scheffel

Fritz Scheffel spent forty years working in various healthcare jobs—spending twenty of those years as an active retail pharmacist, or pharmacy owner, working with doctors, drug company representatives, nursing homes, health insurance companies, and the public. He gained more experience while selling computer systems to retail, hospital, and institutional pharmacies. Additionally, he worked as a business broker listing and selling pharmacies. During his time in the healthcare industry, pharmacy evolved from a free-enterprise business environment to one controlled by health insurance companies and government entitlement programs.

Fritz suffered a stroke in the spring of 2012 and learned he was a diabetic, which led to firsthand experience of just how the healthcare industry has deteriorated. Determined to speak with people about the industry, Fritz wants to show that a better performing healthcare industry is attainable, and that it will be easier if certain other entities were not involved.