Hello!
Note: see the last paragraph in this blog for the link to connect with me in our community. Email me if you have any questions about this.
I am Chris Downie, one of the four co-founders of PeopleOne Health. Quick background: thanks to the support of our members, my health and wellness book The Spark became a New York Times Best Seller. It has been thrilling to help millions of people reach their health and wellness goals through the years.
My favorite thing about our company is being on the front lines, talking to our members both to learn from them and do my best to spark them to reach their goals in all areas of life.
I’d like to thank you so much for your support, and for being a PeopleOne Health member. You can get in touch with me anytime at sparkguy@peopleonehealth.com if you have ideas that would improve your experience or other thoughts.
People sometimes think it sounds “too good to be true” that PeopleOne Health can deliver BOTH dramatically better care AND significant savings at the same time. I understand why this might be perplexing as nobody else in healthcare has done it. Here are the 2 things PeopleOne Health does differently to achieve this:
Dramatically Better Care AND Significant Savings
We figured out how to remove enormous wasteful healthcare expenses and do two things with the savings: 1. Pass savings back to people like you and 2. Invest in our goal to give you the best healthcare experience ever. It wasn’t easy to figure this out and took years of hard work, but this is the simple explanation for how we are able to offer you the two most important benefits in healthcare: dramatically better care AND significant savings at the same time.
PeopleOne Health is rewarded when you are healthy, not sick
Did you know that traditional healthcare makes more money when you are sick and need expensive drugs, procedures, and surgeries? This is because healthcare earns money for each service provided. This is called fee-for-service and it’s a perverse incentive (encourages the wrong behaviors). We think this is outrageous and that you deserve better.
PeopleOne Health fixed this by eliminating fee-for-service. Instead, your employer pays us a single monthly fee and we encourage you to use MORE of our services like primary care that have no additional costs so we can keep you healthier and you are LESS LIKELY to need expensive drugs, procedures, and surgeries. This is how healthcare should work and helps you be your healthy best.
My team and I wake up every day committed to finding more ways to keep you healthy. In my next note, I’ll share more details about how we do this and what we’re working on next.
If this all sounds good to you, would you mind sharing this email with your friends and co-workers? We know that hearing from our current members is the most likely way new people will sign up for PeopleOne Health. The more members we have, the more services we can offer to help you reach your goals.
Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts. Have fun reaching your goals! Also, I post regularly in our app/website community. You can find my posts on this page and connect with me here if you’d like, including sending me messages any time. Note that you need to be logged-in to our website or app to access the community pages.
Chris “SparkGuy” Downie
PeopleOne Health Co-founder and Executive Chairperson
