Bill of Health

Switching away from traditional health insurance can sound good in theory. The real question is what happens when someone in your family actually needs serious medical care. In this episode of the Bill of Health Podcast, presented by Core 360 Benefits Group, I’m joined by Niki Chamberlain, a self-employed mother of three from Amarillo, Texas, who made the move from traditional health insurance to Sedera Medical Cost Sharing and direct primary care. Niki and her family had spent years dealing w

Every year, employers face rising health insurance premiums while employees are left choosing between the same handful of plans that may not fit their healthcare needs or their budget. If the traditional group insurance model keeps producing the same results, perhaps it’s time to explore a different approach. In this episode of the Bill of Health Podcast, presented by Core 360 Benefits Group, I’m joined by Mike Markland of Atma to discuss Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (I

Traditional health insurance can make people feel trapped. Premiums keep climbing, deductibles stay high, and many families rarely use enough healthcare to reach the point where their plan starts paying much. In this episode of the Bill of Health Podcast, presented by Core 360 Benefits Group, I’m joined again by Richard Walton, CEBS, of Sedera for part two of our conversation about medical cost sharing and healthcare alternatives. Episode 7 covered the basics of how health shares work. This ti

Healthcare keeps getting more expensive. Premiums rise, deductibles increase and many families feel like they are paying more every year without getting a better healthcare experience in return. In this episode of the Bill of Health Podcast, presented by Core 360 Benefits Group, I’m joined by Richard Walton, CEBS, of Sedera to talk about an alternative that still flies under the radar for many consumers: medical cost sharing. Richard spent years working in traditional employee benefits before

Most of us are used to healthcare working one way: find a doctor who accepts your insurance, schedule an appointment, show your insurance card and hope the bill makes sense later. But direct primary care offers a very different model. In this episode of the Bill of Health Podcast, presented by Core 360 Benefits Group, I’m joined by Melinda Lacy, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, of Direct Family Healthcare in Harrisonville, Missouri, to talk about how direct primary care works and why more patients and employ

Being a smarter healthcare consumer doesn’t mean earning a degree in medical billing, memorizing CPT codes or spending hours fighting with hospitals and insurance companies. It starts with asking a few better questions. In this episode of the Bill of Health Podcast, presented by Core 360 Benefits Group, I break down what I really mean when I talk about becoming a smarter healthcare consumer. For years, many of us have simply shown our insurance card, received care and hoped the bill wouldn’t be