Fixing American Health Insurance | Andy Schoonover - E454

Andy Schoonover is the founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a community-powered alternative to traditional health insurance that is rethinking how Americans pay for and access healthcare. His journey began after his own family was hit with an $8,000 medical bill for his daughter's ear procedure… despite having health insurance. Frustrated by a system he believed was putting bureaucracy and financial incentives ahead of patients, Andy decided to build a better alternative. Through CrowdHealth, Andy is working to give individuals greater control over their healthcare, increase price transparency, reduce unnecessary costs, and put the patient, not the insurance company, back at the center of the system.

If you are interested in the Exit Diabetes Pilot Program, see the links below to book a screening call!

In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, and Andy talk about…

• (00:00) Intro

• (03:02) Issues with big health insurance companies in our post-Affordable Care Act world

• (17:00) Why the health insurance system is working against the patient

• (26:32) The slow shift away from massive healthcare companies and toward cheaper, patient-focused, sustainable options and how Crowd Health is leading the way

• (37:57) Perverse incentives and how to switch the incentive structure of the health insurance system to make patients healthy

• (42:47) Ignorance surrounding just how toxic so much of our food is

• (46:41) Crowd Health's new Exit Diabetes Pilot Program

• (01:05:05) Outro

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Andy Schoonover:

• CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com

• Exit Diabetes Pilot Program: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/exit-diabetes-pilot-program (Click to book a screening call!)

• X: https://x.com/andyjschoonover?lang=en

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website: https://toward.health

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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