Why SMI? Twila Brase did her research

Twila Brase, who scrutinizes health care policy for a living, was being priced out of the health insurance market, so she decided to investigate health care sharing.

The result was a report and comparison chart for her organization, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom, and a membership for herself in Samaritan Ministries.

“I liked Samaritan best because it’s so closely aligned with my Christian beliefs and philosophy: the direct partnership with people in need, the prayers, the letters,” she says. “It just seemed like more of a ministry and less of a business.

“I’m pleased for all health care sharing organizations, but for my own perspective, I liked the personal touch Samaritan has. It seems to fit more with the Great Physician and the ethics of medicine.”

Twila also continues to push health care sharing on her radio spot, “Health Freedom Minute,” which airs every weekday.

“I want health care sharing to be as big as homeschooling so the government can never take it away,” she says. “That is one of my goals. So I talk about health care sharing on the radio, I talk about it when I’m being interviewed, I talk about it in ‘Health Freedom Minutes,’ and I talk about it when I give presentations, because it has to become that big.
“We can’t ever let them take it away, because being able to pay cash for medical care, at an affordable price, is essential for health freedom.”