Andy Schoonover is the Founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a platform that crowdfunds healthcare costs for its members so they can ditch their health insurance plans.
He chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about why this model solves the biggest problems in our broken medical-industrial complex and brings a community-first approach back to healthcare.
Tune in to the episode to hear them discuss:
What inspired Andy to start CrowdHealth
What’s wrong with the health insurance industry
How people rack up million-dollar hospital bills
What makes paying doctors in cash at the point of care different
How crowdfunded healthcare works
How CrowdHealth members dramatically reduce their healthcare expenses
What incentivizes members to contribute to others and take better care of their health
The demographics of their members and the most common crowdfunding requests
How many claims have been denied vs. fully funded
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Andy Schoonover’s company, CrowdHealth
CrowdHealth on Twitter and Instagram
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