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Crowdhealth featured in TIME magazine time.com/7269608/crowdhealth-health-sharing/

129 sats \ 10 comments \ @k00b 20 Mar HealthAndFitness

13 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 21 Mar

it’s a peer-to-peer financial-technology company that allows its roughly 10,000 paying members to make payments toward fellow members’ medical expenses.

awesome description.
only 10k subs?? that doesn't seem good/viable. GOTTA GET BIGGAH

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 18h

When I think of big I think of Scandinavia

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 20 Mar

I wonder how many stackers use it. I hear about it all the time on podcasts but never chatted with a user or heard feedback from a user that isn't an influencer. It sounds like a great approach to healthcare to me. The current system is a massive grift and single payer is worse.

46 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 18h

I am going to join soon

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 17h

Would love a review

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 16h

absolutely

I will probably join on Dec 26 or Jan 2

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 20 Mar

wow, did not see that coming. Positively?

22 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 20 Mar

Overwhelmingly so. This is about as bad as it gets:

But it won’t be the right solution for many families. It is not regulated like health insurance, and so if your claim is denied, there’s no regulator to turn to.

Then they kind of lump them in, briefly, with some competitors and their disgruntled customers.

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 20 Mar

fucking wonderful to see!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 18h

They have advocates who can negotiate bills for you