By Lauren Fink for The Federalist
Do Christians have a little edge on health care in the United States? Health-care sharing ministries (HCSM) are exploding—membership has increased 600 percent in nine years—as these unregulated oddballs maneuver freely in an industry that today is tethered by more rules and bureaucracy than ever before.
In the second Democratic presidential primary debate, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris raised their hands when asked, “Who here would abolish their private health insurance in favor of a government-run plan?” Wiping out our nation’s $600 billion private insurance industry would most likely include my family’s membership in a HCSM. Continue reading…