Effective Aug 1, 2025 the initial unshared amount for a need on the classic membership went from $750 to $1000 and can be reduced by using the Fair Price Reward program through healthcare bluebook (Samaritan members have free usage of this through their online membership dashboard). This change is again part of the overall effort to deal with rising healthcare costs and to keep monthly share costs from rising too high and also help reduce the amount of prorating potentially necessary.

For members on Basic, the initial unshared amount went from $1500 to $2000.

A new share increase was also voted on, to take effect on Aug 1, 2025 as well. Share amounts are still broken down by family size as well as age groups (age of the oldest family member determines the group), and I have updated the monthly cost page accordingly.