It's that time. TAKEDOWN TUESDAY! We have some DOOZIES coming up! This is the first in a string of 6 digit bills where cash pay discounts and our negotiating ninjas have gotten them to a reasonable price. Major heart surgery, ICU stay, meds, and implanted defibrillator. Member paid $500 The Crowd picked up the remaining $59,500. Escape the system. Join CrowdHealth.

The beauty of the Crowd is that it creates a free market by filling the gap between two broken options: Health insurance supposedly "protects" people from big bills (although it often doesn't), by transferring the risk to a third party, it removes any reason to care about price, which is a major reason costs keep climbing. Going uninsured keeps people price conscious, but it leaves them exposed to catastrophic expenses. CrowdHealth combines the two: community support for large, unexpected costs, with members who keep ownership of their own healthcare decisions and the tools to make those decisions well. We believe putting ownership back with the individual is the only way to bring real consumerism, and real cost reduction, to healthcare.

It has been a tough week. I have gotten two notifications that we lost Crowdies over the last week. A one year old unexpectedly passed away while on vacation. I found out this morning that a husband and father of 3 passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday while he was at his son’s sports practice. One of them I had met, one I hadn’t. I was debriefing my wife this morning on our Denver MeatUp last night and told her “I have never met these people, but it felt like a gathering of friends and family.” The best moments of this job is when we can love you well during your hardest moments. The hardest is when we lose a Crowdie. I celebrate with you. I mourn alongside you. I’m praying for you. I’m honored to serve you and your families. -Andy

The agenda for tonight (7pm - 8pm CT): 1. Walking through the operating metrics of the business. We will show you the actual dashboard we use! 2. Introducing The Crowd Crew...a new benefit for CrowdHealth members who are/or want to be crushing it on referral$. 3. What's next (and not next) at Crowd 4. Live Q&A with our CEO @andyjschoonover We'd love for you to join us! Zoom link to the Town Hall meeting is in your Monthly 5 email sent out on 7/31. DM us, and include the email you use for Crowd, if you need the link. CrowdHealth members only event.