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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011


Health-sharing ministry ordered to stop 

Samaritan Ministries, a Christian ministry-based health plan, was ordered to cease operations in Washington on Friday by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. The Illinois-based organization's "need-sharing" program is considered insurance under Washington law, he said, despite its unusual structure. Samaritan Ministries members pay monthly shares of…

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