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Most Americans can tell of at least one health care experience like this: An insurance company steers them toward approved doctors, chooses the hospital or clinic, dictates the cost and even has a say in the method of care they receive.

In fact, this practice has become so prevalent that most patients grudgingly accept it as being normal or necessary. But the more than a quarter of a million members of Samaritan Ministries International (samaritanministries.org), one of the leading health care sharing ministries in America, know there is a better way. Samaritan’s 78,000-plus member households typically report that they have much more control, engagement and involvement in their health care. Continue reading…