How to Fill out Tax Forms as a Health Care Sharing Member
If you are a member of a health care sharing ministry you probably already know that you are exempt from the ACA fines for not having health insurance, but maybe […]
You can join Samaritan any time during the year
Open enrollment for insurance plans has closed, but you can join Samaritan all year long. Health care sharing ministries do not have an open enrollment period, their signup doors are […]
Happy New Year with a 4th Share Reduction
Happy 2015 everyone! Samaritan surprised us with another share reduction, the 4th in a row. This month’s is even bigger than the previous 3, with a 17% reduction being given. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
So thankful we don’t have to deal with networks!
http://www.ketv.com/news/blue-cross-blue-shield-insurance-carriers-face-questions-come-midnight/27816944 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska and CHI Health, formerly Alegent Health, were unable to come to an agreement about pricing last week, so all CHI affiliated hospitals (about 15) […]
Samaritan doesn’t make us fight for our health care
This story http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/09/texas-insurance-company-refuses-to-pay-for-baby-emergency-brain-surgery-family-claims/?intcmp=latestnews and so many others like it are a huge reason we switched to Samaritan Ministries. I cannot imagine the frustration and suffering of these patients who are […]
Does Your health insurance cost increase every year? Mine doesn’t. Read why.
If you have an insurance plan you assume and expect (and rightly so) that your monthly premium will automatically increase each year. Ours did. Pretty much everyone’s does. Each year […]
See any Doctor You Want
This article ( http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/19/news/economy/obamacare-doctors/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 ) highlights an important problem for people with healthcare.gov (obamacare) insurance policies. They are having troubling finding doctors, clinics and hospitals who will take the plans. What […]