samaritan1

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   by samaritan1 10y ago

   I 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 st
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   by samaritan1 10y ago

   No issue getting the exception. These programs are explicitly mentioned in the ACA regulation and tax prep software supports them. No guarantees. You can't take anyone to court to make them pay your bills. However, if you don't ma
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   by samaritan1 10y ago

   Right 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)
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   by samaritan1 10y ago

   We use a direct medical expense sharing non-profit. Ours is called Samaritan but there are a few of them. Basically, every month we write a check for about $460 to another member, and the one time we had a hospital stay, we got a bunch of c