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It Looks Like Health Insurance, but It’s Not. ‘Just Trust God,’ Buyers

(8 days ago) WebInstead, they pay about $530 a month through a Christian health care sharing organization to pay members’ medical bills. But the group capped payments for …

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/health/christian-health-care-insurance.html

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A Christian Ministry Promised An Obamacare Alternative. The

(6 days ago) WebTwo pregnant women, a heart attack sufferer and a woman who needed airlifting to a hospital after a stroke were amongst hundreds victims of an alleged $4 …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/02/20/fbi-says-christian-obamacare-nonprofit-was-a-4-million-fraud/

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Healthcare sharing ministries mistaken as insurance alternative

(4 days ago) WebAfter complaints piled up against OneShare, the OIC investigated and in 2021 fined the company $150,000 for “selling insurance illegally.” In a settlement, …

https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/healthcare-sharing-ministries/281-f1fbf393-e0d0-448c-84e0-6c79aa620317

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How Obamacare Enabled a Christian Health Care Cash …

(1 days ago) WebA little-known lobbyist from Virginia, Guarino was hired in 2007 by the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries, the trade association for nonprofit alternatives to medical insurance founded on

https://www.propublica.org/article/obamacare-scams-health-care-sharing-ministries

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Medical Cost Sharing Ministry Stole Millions Christianity Today

(7 days ago) WebCraig Reynolds, the founder of a company offering a Christian alternative to health insurance, has pleaded guilty to fraud. Medical Cost Sharing spent only about 3 …

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2024/march/christian-church-news-world-medical-cost-sharing-fraud.html

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‘I pray you pay my bill’: Consumers say religious medical sharing

(9 days ago) WebREAD: Setting up a new TV leads to $6,000 scam Christian Care Ministry, Medi-Share, has 84 complaints at the Better Business Bureau. Action spoke with BBB president Holly …

https://www.wftv.com/news/9investigates/open-enrollment-what-know-before-buying-your-next-health-plan/WPRRZCMOYFEJBIDSKNCPI3IWVA/

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Founder of medical charity in St. Joseph pleads guilty to $8 million

(3 days ago) WebDate: November 14, 2023 Contact: [email protected] Kansas City, MO — The founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty in …

https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/founder-of-medical-charity-in-st-joseph-pleads-guilty-to-8-million-fraud-scheme

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Another co-founder of medical charity in St. Joseph pleads guilty …

(4 days ago) WebApril 8, 2024 — Another co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in an $8 million wire …

https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/another-co-founder-of-medical-charity-in-st-joseph-pleads-guilty-to-8-million-fraud-scheme

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Health Care Sharing Ministries Fight for Legitimacy Amid Lawsuits

(9 days ago) WebChristian health care sharing ministries have existed since the 1980s but took off over the past decade. Spurred by recent complaints, the National Council of …

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/october/health-care-sharing-ministries-trinity-scam-lawsuits.html

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Regulators Allege Christian-Based Health Care Provider …

(1 days ago) WebInsurance regulators across the country are taking action against a Georgia-based company that markets and administers programs on behalf of health care sharing ministries. State officials in

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/25/780612410/regulators-allege-christian-based-health-care-provider-broke-state-federal-rules

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Christian 'Health Share' Ministry Left Members With Millions In …

(9 days ago) WebAliera, a now-defunct health care cost-sharing, or “health share,” company founded by a man who served time in prison for fraud and perjury, has itself been found …

https://religionunplugged.com/news/2021/12/13/christian-health-share-ministry-left-members-with-millions-in-unpaid-medical-claims

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FBI Accuses Medical Ministry of $4M Fraud Against Participants

(4 days ago) WebAs CBN News reported in 2020, Trinity was ordered by the California state insurance commissioner to stop selling a cost-sharing plan as a substitute for health …

https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/fbi-accuses-medical-ministry-4m-fraud-against-participants-feds-shut-down-its-website

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'It Appears This Is A Scam:' Complaints Accelerate Against Health …

(7 days ago) Web“Health care sharing is not for everyone, but it should be a choice for the people of Connecticut as it is for people across the country; 1.5 million Americans …

https://www.ctpublic.org/health/2021-02-08/it-appears-this-is-a-scam-complaints-accelerate-against-health-care-sharing-ministries-in-conn

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Missouri ‘Christian Health Care Ministry’ founder pleads guilty to

(2 days ago) WebA St. Joseph man who founded Medical Cost Sharing, marketed as a “Christian Health Care Sharing Ministry," collected about $8 million in payments from its …

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2023/11/16/missouri-man-pleads-guilty-8-million-fraud.html

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Christian Health Sharing Group Is Target of Customer Lawsuits

(6 days ago) WebApril 21, 2020. A major Christian group is being sued by former customers in at least three states who claim it sold them an alternative to health insurance that misled them about …

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/health/christian-ministries-insurance-lawsuits.html

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‘Sham’ Sharing Ministries Test Faith Of Patients And Insurance

(3 days ago) WebOfficials in at least five other states told Kaiser Health News they are reviewing firms operating as “illegitimate” health care sharing ministries. Aliera is …

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/sham-sharing-ministries-test-faith-of-patients-and-insurance-regulators/

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Founder of Medical Charity in St. Joseph Pleads Guilty to $8 …

(7 days ago) WebThe founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to leading an $8 million wire fraud …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/founder-medical-charity-st-joseph-pleads-guilty-8-million-fraud-scheme

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There’s A Christian Alternative To Health Insurance, But It's Not For

(Just Now) WebChristian Brotherhood Newsletter, a health care sharing ministry based in Ohio, found itself at the center of a scandal in 2001 when its founder Bruce Hawthorn …

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lauraturner/christian-health-care

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Paying On Faith: Ministries Offer Alternative To Health Insurance

(6 days ago) WebFour long-standing ministries – Christian Healthcare Ministries, Liberty HealthShare, Medi-Share and Samaritan Ministries – qualify as an alternative to health …

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/paying-on-faith-ministries-offer-alternative-to-health-insurance/

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St. Joseph man pleads guilty in $8M ‘Christian health care' fraud …

(7 days ago) WebA St. Joseph, Missouri, man waived his right to trial and pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in an $8 million scheme that defrauded hundreds of members of a …

https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/st-joseph-man-pleads-guilty-in-8m-christian-health-care-sharing-ministry-fraud-scheme

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