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Christians find their own way to replace Obamacare

By U.S. News & World Report  
   February 24, 2016

The use of so-called "health sharing ministries" has soared in the wake of President Barack Obama's health care reforms, but long-skeptical regulators are raising new questions about the plans' aims to assist in the cost of medical bills while remaining exempt from rules placed on traditional insurance. Since Obamacare's passage, health sharing membership has more than doubled, from about 200,000 to about 530,000, according to the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries. The law exempts health sharing members from having to abide by its "individual mandate," which obligates people to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.

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