Letters of Thanks
Here are more letters written by Samaritan members to show what the ministry means to them. Enjoy! “It is a huge relief to know that the medical bills for […]
Share Reduction – 3rd month in a row
Great news, monthly shares with Samaritan have now been reduced for a 3rd month in a row. This time it was an 8% reduction. Praise the Lord! For us that […]
Samaritan frees us from network headaches
http://www.hngn.com/articles/49331/20141113/wisconsin-woman-meghan-rothbauer-taken-to-wrong-hospital-gets-300k-bill.htm and http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wisconsin-woman-sent-to-out-of-network-hospital-faces-hundreds-of-thousands-in-bills/ The above articles are a perfect example of why the restrictive networks of ACA insurance plans are so troublesome and why the completely freeing avenue Samaritan Ministries takes […]
One Year Later
Well, it’s been 1 year since we joined Samaritan Ministries. Our official start date is Nov 1. I want to go over a few of the key points I’ve […]
Special Prayer Needs Ease Members’ Extra Burdens
I love this post on the Samaritan Ministries blog about a member (Brenda) who had an outstanding surgery bill which was largely met by those members’ contributing to her Special […]
Do you love hearing Samaritan stories? Check this out…
Samaritan Ministries has created a new site called mysamaritanstory.org which has lots of videos from Samaritan members telling about their experiences. I LOVE THIS. Thank you Samaritan for creating it, it […]
Surprise Again! Shares are reduced for November, too!
It’s truly incredible in this time of rising medical costs, but the Samaritan shares for November were reduced for the 2nd month in a row, this time by 5%. For […]
Premium increases could price many out of the market
In addition to insurance plan cancellations coming in the next few weeks, around November 15 people will start getting notices about what the new pricing will be for their insurance […]
More health insurance policy cancellations coming
In the coming weeks there will be hundreds of thousands of insurance policies cancelled by various states for not being in compliance with Obamacare. Some would say this is a […]
More Member Reviews and Letters
I’ve decided to start posting more of the member letters and reviews so those considering a membership will have lots of examples of how it works in real life. I […]
Surprise! There is a share reduction this month
I mentioned on the page about needs vs shares that when there are more shares than needs in a month, then a reduction in the share amount can happen. I […]
Karis steps in to help get bills reduced
As a member of Samaritan you are considered self pay. Sometimes (usually) that means you get charged more than someone with regular insurance, which I find beyond frustrating, totally illogical […]
We would have been forced onto Medicaid
I had a stunning realization today. If my family had signed up for an Obamacare insurance plan last year we wouldn’t be able to keep it next year. See, we […]
Samaritan Ministries vs Liberty Healthshare
Liberty Healthshare is a 4th healthcare sharing ministry, which is fairly small (and growing) and has now established themselves under Gospel Light Mennonite Church Medical Aide Plan, Inc which now makes them […]
Consider these 10 points before running to the doctor
I believe in the American health care system, but I also believe that people are placing too much faith in it and expecting quick fixes for conditions we could better prevent […]