Savage Perspective Podcast Health Care in America with Andy Schoonover
Are you frustrated with the healthcare system–health insurance, in particular? Andy Schoonover is the Founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a company that deploys a crowdfunding model to pay its users' medical bills. I am a member of CrowdHealth and have had nothing short of an amazing experience with them thus far. It was a pleasure to speak to Andy and I’m excited to share this episode with you.
What you’ll hear:
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Andy’s background and motivation for starting CrowdHealth (1:34)
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Challenges with traditional healthcare systems (6:47)
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The importance of community and the need for economic incentives to encourage healthy lifestyle choices (8:59)
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Understanding healthy insurance and healthcare costs (11:17)
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Alternatives to traditional health insurance (17:48)
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CrowdHealth as a viable alternative, emphasizing the community-based approach and the benefits of lower costs and better healthcare outcomes (33:28)
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The CrowdHealth model (40:10)
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Handling emergency and high medical bills (47:30)
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Future plans for CrowdHealth and expansion (57:25)
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The importance of community and mutual support (1:06:22)
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