Our bigger mission
The Spare Change That Could Train Doctors and Fix Healthcare.
Every card swipe. Rounded up. 137 billion transactions a year. $68.6B. No tax. No mandate. Just the cents left over.
If every US card transaction rounded up starting January 1st…
generated this year from spare change alone
That's enough to fund 0 doctor-nurse care teams right now
Based on 137B annual US card transactions × $0.50 avg roundup · Source ↗
Three numbers that rewrite the whole conversation.
Six steps from your coffee to a healthier country.
You buy lunch for $12.43
Your card rounds to $13.00 — $0.57 enters the pool.
267 million adults do this every day
137 billion transactions. $68.5 billion per year. Passively.
The pool pays for medical school
RallyUp sponsors 13,200+ doctors per year — full tuition, fees, and living costs. Zero debt. In exchange: 60% of clinical hours in community clinics.
Debt-free doctors staff care teams
1 doctor + 2 RNs + 1 LPN = 1 care unit. 1,080 patients per year. 10% of hours protected for real work.
People get genuinely healthier
Chronic disease caught early. 75% of medical costs are preventable. ER visits drop 39%. The system gets cheaper every year.
By year 15, round-ups fund everything
Demand drops 70% as the population gets healthier. The $68.5B pool covers 108% of total system cost. Self-sustaining. Forever.
Doctors shouldn't start $265,000 in debt. So we're changing that.
The average medical school graduate carries $205,000–$265,000in student debt — a structural force steering doctors away from primary care. It's why only 35% of new graduates choose family medicine. RallyUp breaks that cycle.
The current path
- 4 years medical school
- $235,827
- Debt at practice start
- $205,000–$265,000
- Time to pay off
- age 41–48
- Career pressure
- high-volume or specialty
The RallyUp path
- Medical school
- fully funded ($235,827)
- Living expenses
- $100,000 covered
- Debt at practice start
- $0
- Obligation
- 60% of clinical hours in RallyUp clinics
What we pay now vs. what this actually costs.
| Metric | Current System | RallyUp Model |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost per adult | $8,951 | $779.76 |
| Covered by spare change | $0 | $256.93 |
| Monthly out-of-pocket | $746/mo | $43.57/mo |
| Doctor enters practice with | $205–265K debt | $0 debt |
| Patients per doctor | 2,000–2,500 | 1,080 |
| Non-billable time honored | No | Yes (10%) |
| Primary care entry rate | ~35% of grads | 60%+ required |
| People uninsured | ~30 million | 0 |
Source: KFF 2024 · AAMC 2024 · CHG Healthcare 2024 · BLS 2024
Your $0.57 is already changing things.
No minimum to start. No fees to join. Cancel anytime. Members commit to $1,000/yr in round-ups — most reach it through everyday spending.