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: 


  • Andy's background and motivation for starting CrowdHealth (1:34)
  • Challenges with traditional healthcare systems (6:47)
  • The importance of community and the need for economic incentives to encourage healthy lifestyle choices (8:59)
  • Understanding healthy insurance and healthcare costs (11:17)
  • Alternatives to traditional health insurance (17:48)
  • CrowdHealth as a viable alternative, emphasizing the community-based approach and the benefits of lower costs and better healthcare outcomes (33:28)
  • The CrowdHealth model (40:10)
  • Handling emergency and high medical bills (47:30)
  • Future plans for CrowdHealth and expansion (57:25)
  • The importance of community and mutual support (1:06:22)

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Robert Sikes

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