Solving Healthcare Costs, with Dave Chase

The Money Advantage Podcast

Are you concerned about ballooning healthcare costs? You should be! It’s an expense that’s risen far faster than inflation, and paying more than you need to is a money leak that prevents you from making the forward traction towards your financial goals that you deserve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9J6MGxNFMU In this episode, we’re talking with Dave Chase about how community-owned health plans are revolutionizing a stagnant industry that’s failed to develop. So, if you want to learn how to save 20—40% in healthcare costs while improving access to high quality, trustworthy, local, affordable care, with a solution-oriented look at transforming the industry, and your life with it… tune in below! Table of contentsWhere Profit Maximization Fits into the Cash Flow SystemYou’re in the Healthcare BusinessAre Healthcare Costs Legitimate?Health Insurance vs. Healthcare CostsDirect Contracting HealthcarePreventative HealthcareAbout Dave Chase Where Profit Maximization Fits into the Cash Flow System Minimizing your health care costs, so more of the money you make is yours to keep, is just one part of a bigger journey to building time and money freedom. No matter how big your business grows and how much money you make, if it’s all leaking out between your fingers, you’ll never be free of just working harder and harder to make more money. That’s why we have created the 3-step Business Owner’s Cash Flow System, your roadmap to take you from just surviving, to a life of significance, purpose and financial freedom. The first step is keeping more of the money you make by fixing money leaks, becoming more efficient and profitable. Then, you’ll protect your money with insurance, legal protection, and Privatized Banking. Finally, you’ll put your money to work, increasing your income with cash-flowing assets. Minimizing health care costs happens right here in The Money Finder step of your financial foundation. When you find, recover, and keep more of the money you’re making, you put more gas into your cash flow machine. And that accelerates your time and money freedom. You’re in the Healthcare Business ...regardless of whether you like it or not. If you’re a business owner, healthcare should be a part of your business model. It’s the last area to modernize inside businesses. However, the health of your employees directly affects their work, so it’s an essential element of running a business. The rising healthcare costs, thanks to health insurance, leave individuals and businesses alike feeling downtrodden. However, insurance is not the only solution for health and wellbeing. The common misperception is that solving healthcare seems as difficult as solving Middle East peace. That is only true if you believe and work with those desperately focused on preserving the status quo. The distinction lies between care and insurance. Are Healthcare Costs Legitimate? Health care isn’t expensive. What's expensive are price-gouging hospitals, profiteering PBMs, bloated carriers, inappropriate treatment, and outright fraud. Only $0.08 of every $1 ostensibly spent on healthcare goes to physicians ($0.27 for all). As a result, medical practices are shutting down, while mega-carriers are making record-breaking profits. The solution is to rethink care. How can employers provide care in a way that is cost effective for everyone? In the era of high deductible health plans, there are large and fast-growing markets in the direct contracting (employer to provider) and cash pay markets. Because the underlying costs of care haven't changed (i.e., clinician pay and medical supplies), there is no good reason for hyper-inflating prices. Organizations like Pacific Steel put this insight into action. Four years ago, they were spending over $8 million on health benefits (for 750 employees). Last year, they closed out at under $3.5M while benefits improved.