EP 443: Transparent Pricing for Surgery with David Foucachon and Shawn & Janet Needham R. Ph.

On this Episode 443 of Health Solutions, Shawn & Janet Needham R. Ph. discuss transparent pricing for surgery with David Foucachon from Veritas Surgery. David Foucachon is an entrepreneur and passionate advocate of free market medical reform. He currently serves as the CEO of Veritas Surgery, a multi-specialty direct care surgery group that he co-founded with Dr. Matthew Abraham in 2022 with the goal of serving self-funded buyers in the Pacific Northwest. In 2022 he launched the Idaho chapter of the Free Market Medical Association--an organization that is dedicated to promoting price transparency and free market solutions in healthcare. He was recently elected to the board of directors of Samaritan Ministries, a healthcare cost sharing ministry that serves 270,000 members. David and his wife Anne live in Moscow, Idaho with their five children and one intractable husky who earns his keep hauling backpacking gear deep into the snowy mountains of North Idaho. 00:00 - Start 00:35 - David’s Intro 00:55 - Medical Freedom Conference 01:55 - How Veritas Surgery Started 03:52 - Transparent Pricing 09:38 - Physical Therapy 11:03 - Fighting Insurance Companies on Pricing 13:53 - Price vs. Quality 16:04 - Government Subsidized Healthcare 19:39 - Shawn’s Brother’s Experience with Veritas Surgery 24:09 - Why Veritas Is Less Expensive vs. Traditional Insurance 29:34 - Hospitals & Clinics Ripping Off Consumers 33:04 - Faith Based Health Sharing Plans 40:24 - Reputation 41:35 - Non-Faith Based Health Sharing Plans 42:33 - Shawn & Janet’s Health Sharing Plan 47:04 - Listener Comments / Shawn’s Experience with Hospital Pricing 50:45 - David’s Passion 52:20 - David’s Contact Information 53:15 - Closing Comments Episode Resources Facebook ~ https://www.facebook.com/veritassurgery Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/veritassurgery/ Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/veritassurgery LinkedIn ~ https://www.linkedin.com/company/veritassurgery/about/ Website ~ https://veritassurgery.com/ EP 443: Transparent Pricing for Surgery with David Foucachon and Shawn & Janet Needham R. Ph. ~ #transparency #transparentpricing #surgery #surgerycenter #healthinsurance #insurance #hospitals #clinics #podcastshow #podcast #podcastguest #optimalhealth #healthfreedom #MedicalFreedom #medicaleducation #medicalcare #HealthCare #PriceTransparency #freemarket #Liberty #FitAfter50 #FitOver50 #fitover40 #fitafter40 #Boise #IdahoFalls #Tricities #SiouxFalls #Wenatchee #EducateAndEmpower #NeedhamHealthSolutions #TeamNeedham #ShawnNeedham #HealthSolutions #MosesLakeProfessionalPharmacy #MLRX #SickenedTheBook #ShawnNeedhamRPh #ThinkOutsideTheSystem #OptimalHealthMatters #ItsTime ~ *** #BenShapiro & #DaveRamsey Fans. Learn how to be in the driver's seat for your healthcare choices {not the system or doctors!} 💪 http://mybook.to/Sickened_The_Book ~ Follow our NEW FB Podcast Page! ~ https://www.facebook.com/HealthSolutionsPodcast ~ Follow Shawn on Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/health_solutions_shawn_needham/ ~ Follow Shawn on LinkedIn ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-needham-03a53816/ ~ Follow Shawn on Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/ShawnNeedham2 ~ Follow Shawn on TikTok ~ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnneedham447 ~ Sickened The Book Facebook Page ~ https://www.facebook.com/SickenedTheBook ~ Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy Facebook Page ~ https://www.facebook.com/MosesLakeProfessionalPharmacy/ ~ SoundCloud ~ https://soundcloud.com/healthsolutionsshawnjanet ~ iTunes ~ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthsolutionsshawnjanet/id1482969218 ~ Spotify ~ https://open.spotify.com/show/2hcL38IQWGXMIAb4dSpGxT ~ Google Podcasts ~ search Health Solutions with Shawn & Janet ~ iHeartRadio ~ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-healthsolutionsshawnjanet-61216231 ~ Amazon Music ~ https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e552d9f4-731f-430d-8b0d-7b0c4ac19968/healthsolutionsshawnjanet ~ Subscribe to our YouTube channel ~ https://youtube.com/@MosesLakeProfessionalPharmacy