I write and edit everything on TeleHealthRanks. The work started on the YouTube channel, where I go through telehealth platforms one at a time on camera, and this site is where the detail that doesn't fit in a ten-minute video ends up.
What I'm not
I'm not a doctor, a nurse, a pharmacist or any other kind of clinician, and I don't pretend to be. Nothing I write is medical advice, and I have no opinion on whether a GLP-1 is right for you. That conversation belongs to you and a licensed provider.
What I do is the part that happens before the medicine: reading the pricing page, completing the intake, finding the fee that only appears at checkout, and doing the arithmetic across a full year of treatment instead of a headline first month. That part doesn't take a medical degree. It takes patience and a spreadsheet, and most people don't have time for either.
How I test a platform
The same way every time, so the reviews stay comparable:
- I create an account and complete the medical questionnaire as a real applicant would, without skipping steps.
- I go as far as the checkout screen and record the exact number, including anything the landing page left out: membership fees, lab work, shipping, cold-chain surcharges.
- I check what happens at the next dose. This is where most of the damage is done, because plenty of programs quote month one and quietly reprice at month three.
- I look for third-party credentials such as LegitScript certification, a named pharmacy, a real address and a working support line.
- I read the cancellation terms before I write a word about value, because a program you can't leave isn't cheap at any price.
Where a company publishes no pricing at all, I say so rather than guessing. You'll see that on a few reviews, and it's deliberate: an invented number is worse than an absent one. The full scoring method is on how we rank.
What I get wrong
Prices in this category change constantly, sometimes weekly, and promotional rates attached to a referral link change faster than that. Every review carries the date I checked. If you find a number that no longer matches what you're being quoted, tell me and I'll correct it, because a stale price on this site is a broken promise.
How the site makes money
Affiliate commissions. If you sign up through one of our links, the platform pays us and you pay the same price you would have anyway. Platforms can't buy a position in the ranking, and the reviews say plainly when I think something isn't worth the money. The Hims & Hers review is the clearest example: it's a good product that I don't recommend for cash-payers, and there's no affiliate link on it at all. Full detail in the affiliate disclosure.