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)   Where to learn more:    CrowdHealth   If you loved this episode and our podcast, please take some time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, or drop us a comment below!