Medi-Share-Organized Health Care Concept

Medi-Share wishes Christians to experience the blessing that comes when aiding fellow believers in Christ meet their medical expenses as they would do for you. Do you have a verified Christian Testimony, a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and have professed a Statement of Faith? You may be able to join the elite group of Christian Share Ministries and receive benefits from the health co-op of Medi-Share. Contrary to popular belief, this is not health insurance. This is a plan formulated by Christians for Christians to pool their financial medical funds in order to pay the bills of the Christians that need it. Every Christian family that joins pays into the fund the amount of money that their family can afford. There are seven payment plans, one to fit almost everyone’s financial abilities.

This plan is for Christians who want to help fellow believers. These Christians want their health care dollars to support the medical needs of people living the same lifestyle as they are, based on their beliefs of service to others and biblical principles. This is not a new plan. The Medi-Share health program of Christian Shares Ministries has been operating for over 17 years with participants sharing medical bills on a non-guaranteed basis. Supported by Christian Share Ministries, Medi-Share is a community of like-minded believers who pray for each other, provide health education, and promote biblical living. Another eligibility concern is that joiners share the conviction that believers are to bear one another’s burdens according to Galatians 6:2. The Mission Statement of Christian Shares Ministries is, “To equip Christians to achieve biblical health – physical, financial, and spiritual – through innovative and proven approaches” (Christian Share Ministries, 2011).

Christian Care Ministry, Inc, a Florida not-for-profit corporation, has other requirements for membership. Members are to attend a fellowship of believers that supports the ministry, must not engage in sexual relations outside of Christian marriage, use of alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs are strictly prohibited, must be a citizen of the United States. For fifty years the CCM has helped Christian families share medical financial burdens. Realizing how great the need is for health care assistance, the ministry formed Medi-Share. Based on the biblical principles of sharing, Medi-Share has branched out to cover Christian Disability Sharing, Disease Reversal, and Biblical Health and Wellness programs.

Those who participate in Health Care Sharing Ministries have an exemption from the mandate of the Obama care that would require Americans to have health insurance by the year 2014 or face penalties. The ministry is the only “organized health care concept” to receive this special exemption (Christian Share Ministries, 2011). This information has caused a stir of attention in this Christian concept. That coupled with the fact that private health care premiums are predicted to rise by 40% over the next three years. Medi-Share boasts that over $550 million have been saved in medical expenses due through sharing and discounting since 1993 (Christian Share Ministries, 2011).

Christian Share Ministries, Medi-Share. mychristiancare.org/exemption.aspx


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