A Legacy, A Mission & A Vision

Exciting News and Important Updates

Hi,

This is a voice that you don’t usually get in this Substack.

This is Sonja Allen, Marshall’s wife.

A Legacy

It has been nine months since Marshall’s unexpected passing. I wanted to send a sincere thank you to his readers and supporters. An overwhelming number of you have reached out to me with kind notes and words of gratitude for Marshall, along with appreciation for his work that he was passionate about. Thank you, it means the world to me.

Marshall was a man of faith, a wonderful father, loyal friend and a loving husband. He was an incredible investigative reporter and author who made complicated and intimidating subjects accessible and actionable. He was even a legal reformer, driven by a sense of justice for the everyman, whom he hated to see being taken advantage of. He championed patients and he helped people fight back against unfair medical bills and practices.

He was also an incredible cheerleader and coach, celebrating the wins of everyday readers who would share their stories with him. And he was convicted by his faith to be as generous as he was just. He spent so much of his time and resources to help those who needed it.

Continuing The Mission

With the help of some of his friends and colleagues, we intend to continue this work having created The Marshall Allen Project, a 501(c)(3).

This new Not-For-Profit has already invested substantial time and resources in building new tools. As a nonprofit, we will continue to provide free guidance, education, advocacy and more. You may have noticed, this newsletter will now take on that new moniker. The Marshall Allen Newsletter is now the Marshall Allen Project.

With the help of guest writers like Andrew Gordon, this space will continue to regularly report on the wins of consumers and patients who pushed back and won.

We are still working through the past few months of notes and missed messages. But, if you have a Victory Story of your own, please continue to share them.

Some Changes

1. Please consider a subscription to this Substack
   

   Anecdotally, over the last few years, readers have saved over $1.65M from 106 stories that you shared with Marshall, bringing an average savings of $15,500 per victory story. And those are just the stories we’ve reported on.
   
   Currently, only about 2% of our readership support this Substack financially. Now is the time to support this work, and stay in the loop for it to eventually support you, when it comes time to reference it in your own life or for someone you care for.
   

   We are now offering a 50% discount for annual subscriptions.
   Only $36 paid annually, equivalent to $3 per month or $0.70 per week!

   
   Proceeds from this Substack help support the MAP mission and will go towards establishing a fund for the services of patient-rights advocates.

   
   The last few posts of this newsletter will continue to be free for anyone who chooses to continue as a Free Subscriber. But archive posts will start to be automatically moved behind the paywall after a few weeks. A few key articles will continue to be available for free.
   

   
   

2. The Never Pay Pathway Video Series.
   Now Available to Benefactors (Founding Members)

   
   For $100/ year ($8.33/Mo or just $1.92/week), Founding Members will start to receive access to exclusive content like the Never Pay Pathway Video Series. Easily digestable and actionable videos based upon the chapters of Never Pay The First Bill. These are the reference resources you want, for any particular step on your halth care savings plan, be it proactive or reactive to an unexpected or unfair bill.

   

3. The MAC (Marshall Allen Clone)
   
   We are committed to providing free resources for health care education and we are introducing an exciting new FREE tool. Several months before Marshall’s passing, he was very excited about the possibilities of AI, training a clone on his many years of research and writing. We are excited to announce we are launching it to the public for FREE!

Do Yourself (and Someone Else) a favor, and Bookmark this web app to your phone’s Home Screen for future reference.

Advancing A Vision

We Will Need Your Help.

Marshall envisioned a world that could be more just, fair, and caring. But he wasn’t willing to wait for it. He lived in a world he wanted to see created, in which people were empowered to fight the anonymous systems that resisted that emergence — one where individuals didn’t simply accept the status quo.

There are three things you can do TODAY to help advance this vision.

1. Please consider Becoming a Paid Subscriber or gift someone a subscription
   

2. Spread the Word

   Share our articles and tools with friends, family, and anyone struggling with medical debt. The more we grow, the more people we can help.
   

3. Consider a Financial Donation

   As a nonprofit, we rely on your generosity to expand our reach and develop new tools to make health care fairer for everyone.

If you are an employer, broker or organization looking to support this work, please reach out to discuss how we can integrate these tools into your platforms.

Thank You!

Thank you for being part of this journey with us.

Together, we can celebrate your wins, inspiring and empowering individual Americans and build a future where no one feels powerless in the face of anonymous health care bureaucracy or medical debt.