An event covering medical expenses will focus on how Christianity and the free market provide an alternative to what sponsors say is a dysfunctional and immoral medical care payments system.
The
"Christian Alternative to Medical Insurance” talk by Jamie Pyles is at 7 p.m. on Sept.
29 at Brainerd Hills Presbyterian Church at 6488 East Brainerd Road, and will focus on Samaritan Ministries and its services to people in the Chattanooga area.
Samaritan Ministries provides the structure for its members to share each others’ medical bills. In its direct sharing model, each member gets instructions each month on another member in need.
Singles pay $180 a month and families of any size $405. Religious cost-sharing ministries are not insurance and are exempt from the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
Samaritan has no deductibles or illness or injuries, lets Christian families choose all providers as cash customers, offers 100 percent reimbursement, allows personal expressions of care and concern among member families and avoids supporting practices such abortion.
The miniconference is sponsored by AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio.