SIGforum
Health Insurance Options - Has anyone used Christian Healthcare Ministries?

This topic can be found at:
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/320601935/m/9280045054

December 07, 2018, 11:31 AM
Veeper
Health Insurance Options - Has anyone used Christian Healthcare Ministries?
It looks like Dave Ramsey signs off on them. Has anyone used this non-profit? I'm having a pickle of a time with the options that my current employer is offering.

Thanks.

https://www.chministries.org/




“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”—H.L. Mencken
December 07, 2018, 11:55 AM
PASig
My neighbor uses them or one like them.

It's not so much as health insurance as it's health cost sharing.

I'm skeptical to be honest.


December 07, 2018, 12:11 PM
220-9er
The problem is that you'll never know until you really need it. There is so much fine print in health insurance contracts and a lot more to know than just the premium and deductible.


___________________________
Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible.
December 08, 2018, 04:36 AM
jimmy123x
I'd be skeptical also and would tend to stay with one of the name brand health insurance companies.
December 08, 2018, 05:57 AM
m1009
Don’t know too much, other than some of these will not cover preventative charges, such as well visits, or vaccines. And it is a cost sharing plan, not technically an insurance. They usually have a contract with the providers, to have a discount applied, then if there is enough money on the holdings, and the benefit is covered, will send a payment.
But some will just tell the dr to take a discount off the cost, then apply it to your portion, whether a deductible, or they actually call it cost sharing . I’d look into all the info on this if you are thinking about it. One thing to consider, if they are using a network for the discount, make sure your drs accept that network.
December 08, 2018, 06:51 AM
case8930
My family used them for about 18 months. Only claims we had were for some ER visits. There is a fair amount of paperwork that needs to be filed for each claim. It takes approximately 6 months to be reimbursed as well for each claim as opposed to the the 2-3 months they claim.

They were fine but I would have hated to have had a major accident, cancer, etc... I can't imagine the time that would be needed negotiating bills, filing paperwork and then waiting to get reimbursed for all the bills.