How we make money
The short version: some links pay us a commission. Our scores are decided before we ever see those numbers.
Affiliate links, plainly explained
When you click certain links on this site and sign up or buy something, the company may
pay us a commission. It costs you nothing extra. These links are marked with
rel="sponsored" in the page code, as search engines require, and every page
that contains them carries the disclosure bar you saw at the top of this page.
The rule that governs everything we publish
We score every provider before checking what — or whether — they pay. The review process works in this order, always:
- We research the provider against our 31-point scoring rubric: published clinical evidence, aggregated consumer reviews, true cost over six months, care quality, and support.
- The score is locked and written down.
- Only then do we look up whether an affiliate program exists and apply to it.
If our #1-ranked provider has no affiliate program, they stay #1 and we earn nothing from recommending them — and we'll say so on the page. If a low-scoring provider offers a high commission, the score stands. Commission amounts are never published, never rendered on any page, and never seen by the person scoring until scoring is complete.
What we don't do
- No sponsored rankings, paid placements, or "featured" slots.
- No accepting free products or services in exchange for coverage. We don't personally test medical products at all — our analysis is built from published research and verified consumer reviews.
- No letting a provider preview, edit, or veto a review.
Unscored providers
Providers we haven't finished reviewing appear in an explicit "review in progress" state — no scores, no badges, no recommendation. We'd rather show you an honest blank than a made-up number.
Questions
If anything about our funding model seems unclear or inconsistent with what you see on a page, contact us — we treat that as a correction-worthy issue and log it on our corrections page.