About this episode
Andy Schoonover is founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a community-powered alternative to health insurance that provides a revolutionary way of paying for healthcare bills through crowdfunding. Andy was previously CEO of healthcare technology company, VRI. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Get 6 months of Crowdhealth for $99 using promo code NATALIE: www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie Follow Andy on Twitter https://twitter.com/SchoonoverAndy IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 Intro, Swan Bitcoin promo 1:25 Growing up in St. Louis, investing in Ferguson 4:47 Attending James Madison University, UVA 5:41 Dad worked for the State Dept 6:50 Graduating from Stanford, renting a room to Mark Zuckerberg 11:34 Buying a company in Dayton, Ohio 14:51 iTrustCapital, Bitcoin 2023 promos 17:04 CrowdHealth origin story 19:27 Why is healthcare so expensive? 22:03 Insurance incentivized to keep people sick, increase costs 23:50 In network vs. out of network 29:59 People are the product 33:38 Crowdfunding healthcare 38:50 Fold app, CrowdHealth promos 41:22 Negotiating costs; doctors hate insurance companies 43:43 CrowdHealth is not insurance; what do the big guys think? 45:39 Handling big bills, community generosity 47:46 Involving Bitcoin 51:25 Average customer age 34 Coin Stories is powered by @Swan_Bitcoin the best way to build your Bitcoin stack with automated Bitcoin savings plans and instant purchases. Swan serves clients of any size, from $10 to $10M+. Visit https://www.swanbitcoin.com/nataliebrunell for $10 in Bitcoin when you sign up. If you are planning to buy more than $100,000 of Bitcoin over the next year, the Swan Private team can help. BITCOIN 2023 by @BitcoinMagazine will be the biggest Bitcoin event in history May 18-20 in Miami Beach. Speakers include Michael Saylor, Lyn Alden and Michelle Phan, plus a Day 3 music festival. Nearly 30,000 people attended Bitcoin 2022. Get an early bird pass at a steep discount at https://b.tc/conference code HODL for 10% off your pass. With iTrustCapital you can invest in crypto without worrying about taxes or fees, through an individual retirement account. IRAs are tax-sheltered accounts, which means all your crypto trading is tax-free and can even grow tax-free over time. The best part is it's totally free to open an account, and there are no hidden fees, monthly subscriptions or membership fees. Your account is FDIC insured up to $250,000. Get a $100 funding bonus if you open and fund an account. Go to https://itrust.capital/nataliebrunell to learn more and open a free account. Fold is the best Bitcoin rewards debit card and shopping app in the world! Earn Bitcoin on everything you purchase with Fold's Bitcoin cash back debit card, and spin the Daily Wheel to earn free Bitcoin. Head to https://www.foldapp.com/natalie for 5,000 in free sats! Health insurance needs an overhaul. The government and insurance companies have jacked the price, increased complexity, and made insurance almost unusable. You send your money to the health insurance black hole and never see it again. Then, when you get hurt you have to send them more money. The great news is now you have an alternative: CrowdHealth. It's totally different from insurance. Instead of sending your hard earned money to an insurance company, you hold your money in an account CrowdHealth helps you set up when you join. You can even convert dollars in that account into Bitcoin. When someone in the community has a health need, you help them out directly and if there is Bitcoin or $ left over in your account when you leave, you take it with you. https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie OTHER RESOURCES - Natalie's website https://talkingbitcoin.com/ - CrowdHealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE'S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories BTC wallet bc1ql8dqjp46s4eq9k3lxt0lxzh6f2wcu35cl6944d ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ FOLLOW NATALIE ON SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter https://twitter.com/natbrunell Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nataliebrunell Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliebrunell ⏤ ⏤ ⏤ Producer: Aron Bender https://www.linkedin.com/in/aron-bender/ DISCLAIMER This show is for entertainment purposes only and does not give financial advice. Before making any decisions consult a professional. #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #money