Not Your Average Financial Podcast™
Episode 224: Uninsured and Loving It with Andy Schoonover
In this episode, we ask:
- What about health insurance?
- What is the cost for covering a family in the U.S. for healthcare?
- Who is Andy Schoonover?
- What about healthcare.gov?
- What happened with Andy’s daughter?
- How much was the 15-minute procedure?
- What about procedures being considered medically unnecessary?
- What is CrowdHealth?
- What about families going bankrupt because of medical expenses?
- What about catastrophic events leading to financial distress?
- What about monthly premiums and deductibles?
- What are our day to day medical needs?
- How does one pay for the big medical expenses?
- What is the cost?
- What happens if the expenses exceed $500?
- What about crowd funding for health care?
- What about wellness visits?
- What about ER visits?
- Will other members pay the bill?
- What are the incentives for giving?
- What about claims?
- What about medical bill negotiation?
- What about getting the monthly bill low?
- What about adding market forces into healthcare?
- What about negotiating forces?
- Who owns the money?
- Who has to give permission to move money?
- What about guarantees?
- What about denial of claims?
- How many bills have been funded?
- Why is this so marginalized?
- What about the regulatory environment?
- Do you need to show a religious affiliation?
- What are the guidelines?
- What are the limitations or the pre-existing conditions?
- How are health insurance premiums incentivized to go up?
- How are the incentives different for CrowdHealth?
- Would you like to try Andy’s offer on CrowdHealth?
- Should we do something because every one else is doing it?
- What about business owners?
- What about heads of households?
- Did you know we are thankful for you?
Andy Schoonover is the founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a community-powered alternative to health insurance that provides a revolutionary way of paying for healthcare bills through crowdfunding. Schoonover was previously CEO of VRI, a healthcare technology company focused on monitoring patients with chronic conditions out of their homes. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.