192: Andy Schoonover - Crowdfunding Better Health

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 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD Visit HVMN.com/AG to get 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ™