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This is definitely a starting to become a popular option. I had just commented over in another thread about it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13356900 htt
by vyrotek 10y ago
This is definitely a starting to become a popular option. I had just commented over in another thread about it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13356900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13356900
It's pretty affordable and the nicest part is most of these health shares are ACA exempt so you don't get hit by the fine of not having "normal" insurance.
Do you use a Direct Primary Health provider to cover normal doctor visits and things? I'm a fan.
- samaritan1 10y agoRight now we just pay cash for the same doctors we would visit under insurance. I like the idea of direct care but our area of the country is slow to adopt a lot of things. Telehealth (paying $35-$40 for routine diagnoses and prescriptions) has saved us some money.
- brianwawok 10y agoAre there ones not run by religion? The health sharing plans I have seen require such things as belonging to a certain church and not drinking any alcohol.
- samaritan1 10y agoI think they're all Christian, but I don't know any that require belonging to a specific church or totally abstaining from alcohol. I think they do all ban smoking habitually and getting drunk, though. And they all have a broad statement of faith and require participating in some kind of regular church/spiritual community.