{"id":1018,"date":"2022-09-08T19:52:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khetwise.com\/blog\/samaritan-ministries-review\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T19:52:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:52:53","slug":"samaritan-ministries-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khetwise.com\/blog\/samaritan-ministries-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Samaritan Ministries Experience After 7 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

As homesteaders and entrepreneurs, we are often asked, \u201cWhat do you do for health insurance?\u201d Our honest answer is that we don\u2019t. Instead, we\u2019ve been members of Samaritan Ministries, a health care sharing ministry for over 7 years.<\/p>\n

Prior to beginning this journey of homesteading and working for ourselves, Jim had a job at a local University with excellent benefits. As we examined the traditional health care system and our goals for the future, while he was still working there, we made the switch from his PPO plan to Samaritan Ministries<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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7 years later, we couldn\u2019t be happier with this decision! Health care sharing with Samaritan Ministries is the right fit for our family\u2014and it might be for you as well.<\/p>\n

Here is our review of Samaritan Ministries<\/a>. Plus, we\u2019ll break down our real world examples of how health care sharing has practically works for our family of 6 when medical needs arise.<\/p>\n

What is Health Care Sharing?<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re coming from the conventional health insurance world, like we were, the concept of health care sharing can be confusing and intimidating. <\/p>\n

The first thing you need to know is that health care sharing is NOT health insurance. It\u2019s entirely different. So what is it?<\/p>\n

Simply put, health care sharing is a community of people sharing the financial burden of one another\u2019s medical needs. <\/p>\n

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The way this happens can vary depending on the health care sharing company. One of the big things that stood out to us about Samaritan Ministries is their direct member-to-member sharing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This means that each month, our money is sent directly to another Samaritan Ministries member. Not to a company. But to a real person with a real medical need. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ll break this down more as we go.<\/p>\n

What is Samaritan Ministries?<\/h2>\n

Samaritan Ministries<\/a> is a Christian based health care sharing company with 270,000 members.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find this description on their website:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSamaritan Ministries is a Biblical solution to health care. It is not insurance. We deliver authentic, compassionate, and personal service in the name of Christ to enable and inspire members to provide for one another\u2019s medical needs through prayer, encouragement, and financial support.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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They are headquartered out of Peoria Illinois. Having previously lived in Peoria for nearly a decade, we personally knew and attended church with a few Samaritan employees. They were wonderful people who genuinely believed in and cared about their work at Samaritan. <\/p>\n

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