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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings ... by hartleybrody on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:40PM (#28620061)
> (they’re scams).

citation or story?

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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings ... by 0xcde4c3db on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:40PM (#28620825)
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lauraturner/christian-h...

They're not inherently scams, but a major reason that the "premiums" are lower is that they have hardly any legal mandate to actually provide anything, which comes as a surprise to some members who are denied reimbursement. Their authority to deny "coverage" (scare quotes because that's not, technically, what they provide) is huge. In particular, HCSMs frequently deny reimbursement on the basis of conservative religious morality. Got an STD while unmarried, or cheating on your spouse, or just in an open marriage? You can't ask your good Christian neighbors to pay for that. Drug addiction or mental illness? The cure is more Jesus. Abortion? Not even to save your life. You get the idea.

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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings ... by good8675309 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:51PM (#28620952)
If you agree to a contract and then break the terms of the contract why would you be surprised when things aren't covered? It's the same thing with insurance companies. Also, many of these examples are broad generalizations that may apply to some but not all of the health sharing groups out there.
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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings ... by rconti on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:07PM (#28620389)
Here's a good start.

https://openargs.com/oa497-christian-health-sharing-is-a-sca...

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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings ... by good8675309 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:29PM (#28620683)
I think instead of using a blanket statement and calling them all scams, the OP should have said that some are scams. That goes for pretty much any service out there. Here's a site with over 900 reviews of different health sharing communities. Some there are clearly scams by the terrible reviews.

https://healthsharingreviews.com/

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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings ... by loeg on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @06:39PM (#28622941)
> some [healthcare ministries] are scams. That goes for pretty much any service out there.

Not really? Which of the highly regulated healthcare insurers do you feel are scams?

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