Our family uses a faith based health care sharing service instead of insurance. Our experience in the American health care system is much closer to your friends Greek experience. The lightening of the medical staffs countenances when we tell them we are cash pay is very noticeable. Generally, we pay a bill and before the credit card paym…
Our family uses a faith based health care sharing service instead of insurance. Our experience in the American health care system is much closer to your friends Greek experience. The lightening of the medical staffs countenances when we tell them we are cash pay is very noticeable. Generally, we pay a bill and before the credit card payment is due, fellow sharing members pay us the refund in multiple little checks..and often also attach get well notes and cards. Gone are mountains of “insurance” paperwork and the headache they cause to the medical establishment. I helped my wife through cancer with this and found better, cheaper doctors that did not work in hospitals that were happy to have us. The United States has far too much liability induced fear in its institutions. This has created mountains of paperwork. Our system eliminates much of that..and our doctors felt freer to use the protocols they thought best. BTW- I bet that the “free” hospital would have been a very different experience with more than a “little” more of a wait. Social medicine is not the answer, especially with the controls organizations like the WHO have over these government organizations.
Are you able to tell me the name of your healthcare sharing service? I’ve been wanting to look into this option, but could find no reviews on the ones I am aware of.
We use Samaritan. There are others and some that are secular. Unfortunately Samaritan has restrictions on preexisting conditions. Other may not if you fall into that category. These health care sharing organizations have a bit of a target on their back from certain sectors of the political “leadership”. While they last, I would recommend utilizing one if you can.
Our family uses a faith based health care sharing service instead of insurance. Our experience in the American health care system is much closer to your friends Greek experience. The lightening of the medical staffs countenances when we tell them we are cash pay is very noticeable. Generally, we pay a bill and before the credit card payment is due, fellow sharing members pay us the refund in multiple little checks..and often also attach get well notes and cards. Gone are mountains of “insurance” paperwork and the headache they cause to the medical establishment. I helped my wife through cancer with this and found better, cheaper doctors that did not work in hospitals that were happy to have us. The United States has far too much liability induced fear in its institutions. This has created mountains of paperwork. Our system eliminates much of that..and our doctors felt freer to use the protocols they thought best. BTW- I bet that the “free” hospital would have been a very different experience with more than a “little” more of a wait. Social medicine is not the answer, especially with the controls organizations like the WHO have over these government organizations.
Are you able to tell me the name of your healthcare sharing service? I’ve been wanting to look into this option, but could find no reviews on the ones I am aware of.
We use Samaritan. There are others and some that are secular. Unfortunately Samaritan has restrictions on preexisting conditions. Other may not if you fall into that category. These health care sharing organizations have a bit of a target on their back from certain sectors of the political “leadership”. While they last, I would recommend utilizing one if you can.
Thank you very much! May I ask what state you reside?
California, sadly.
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