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Expertise

Personal finance, occupational therapy, and geriatrics

Education

UC Berkeley and San Jose State University

Highlights

  • Award winner, Society of Professional Journalists - Northern California

  • Occupational therapist (OTR/L)

  • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteer

  • Member, American Occupational Therapy Association

Some people look forward to turning 65 so they can finally have Medicare coverage, only to discover that their out-of-pocket costs are higher than expected. That’s why it’s important to be your own best advocate – for yourself and those you care for. Don’t be afraid to make conversations about ‘C squared’ (costs and coverage) part of your routine healthcare visits.

— Kristen Gerencher, MSOT

Experience

Kristen Gerencher is an award-winning writer who has reported on healthcare, medicine, and insurance for a variety of national publications. Before contributing to GoodRx, she was a healthcare and personal finance reporter for MarketWatch. She also is a licensed occupational therapist who has worked in skilled nursing facilities. She has a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and a master’s of science in occupational therapy from San Jose State University. She completed her clinical fieldwork at San Mateo Medical Center and a pediatric outpatient clinic.

Kristen has been a contributing writer for Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal, and HSAStore.com. Her love of writing and healthcare has led her on reporting trips far and wide, including to Canada for a look at comparative health systems, a cutting-edge surgery suite in a California teaching hospital, and a volunteer ambulance crew in the rural Midwest. She is originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Education

Kristen has a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and a master’s of science in occupational therapy from San Jose State University.

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