Obamacare destroyed the individual health insurance market for people earning too much get subsidies for the policies on exchanges. If you want people to have better non-employer based health insurance, repeal the regulations that killed the market.
If the government would offer tort reform and some medical price gouging restrictions, I would be in favor of a government sponsored “stop loss” coverage. They already pay most of these costs anyway.
Free Press I love it! What a testimony of faith! I am thrilled by this editorial and I’m not being sarcastic. Maybe it will make some liberals think what these people have that kind of faith. And I’m thrilled that this is the one that I belong to!. They are wonderful on the phone very patient very helpful and always pray with you. I have been with them about four months now and I’m so happy to have taken the phone. I have a family of four. And yes I am Savvy enough to know what the New York slimes is doing here trying to show that they won’t cover things Etc but in fact they will. Hope ship in just like our family has four other people with their needs for the last four months.
An outright hit piece. I’ve read the reviews from actual users of this coverage and I’ve seen few complaints - especially compared to the actual insurance industry that the NYTimes claims to love now (until they decide to push for socialized medicine again)
The Obamacare set up marketplace price gouging. I did the premium care tax credit for a family with 3 children last year. They made about $80K and the government paid $37,000 in health insurance premiums for the family.
Medicard is capped at what, 10-days annually for hospital stays? You have copays etc., with traditional Insurance companies. And there are no promises that everything is covered.
Since I am a member I just called and left them a nice voicemail of encouragement and pray for our enemies and the Lord will use this for his purposes and will increase not decrease
Another hit job from the New York Times on Christianity, disguised as a health care story.
These groups are in effect mutual healthcare insurers that do not provide catastrophic coverage
Hit piece. Been a member of a Christian healthcare sharing group for 7 years. Saved me a fortune and always got reimbursed for my medical bills. Recommended to others and every person has been happy with them.
Folks, these health share ministries are a truly good option.
I know multiple people using them. I think the fact that your check or money order sent to directly help someone (you mail your premium to the recipient) is a powerful testimony.
If it were not for the huge push for one-size-fits-all government-run socialized health care, groups like this would not be needed. So, of course, the New York Times wants them discredited and banned, like the ministries that try to deprogram homosexuals.
I have my misgivings about these groups and how their “sharing” economic model truly works. It’s okay to be somewhat skeptical. But don’t ever look for the NYT to give approval even if it worked flawlessly. Anyone allowed to escape the government trap, and make moral judgements about ungodly practices, is an enemy to collectivists like the Times.
And it’s all stated in the terms of service or policy declarations. If the nyt hates it, it must be great! Must be the “Christian” part that makes the nyt go bonkers.
They almost bury the “it covered a quarter million” aspect.
I have no idea whether these programs are as good, better, or worse than traditional, employment based health insurance programs. I do know that I absolutely hate the Medi-Share commercials that run at least every hour on the Sirius-XM Patriot Station. I can’t stand the guy’s voice, inflections, diction, etc. He’s so annoying that I immediately change the station for 60 seconds.
Also, the quote that I got from the Medi-Share website is about the same that we currently pay for traditional health insurance, including the deductibles and co-pays.
(yawn)….NY Slimes doing a hatchet job on Christians. Absolutely nothing new or unusual in that.
I will NEVER understand how, whatever treatment there is for an eight year old, could possible cost a quarter of a million dollars....just where does this money end up?????
I was a member of Medi-Share until I retired. I had my appendix taken out. They covered everything.
At some point the trade off is just too resource intensive.