Check Your State’s Health Share Rules Use this interactive map to see: How to use the map: Important: This map is updated annually, but state rules can change. Always confirm the latest requirements on your state’s official website or with a qualified tax advisor. 50-State Health Share Legality & Rules Map Last updated: Aug 12, 2025 • Refreshed … [Read more...] about State Rules for Health Share Membership (MEC Requirements & Restrictions)
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Health Shares and State Individual Mandates: What You Need to Know
If you live in a state with an individual mandate for health insurance, it’s important to understand how health shares fit into the picture. While health shares can be a great alternative to traditional insurance for many, state-specific requirements may impact your decision. This post will explain everything you need to know if you live in a state that enforces its own … [Read more...] about Health Shares and State Individual Mandates: What You Need to Know
Are Health Share Plans ACA Compliant?
There are many Health Share Plans that are ACA Compliant. Health Share Plans that are ACA Compliant All recognized healthcare sharing ministries that have been continuously in existence since before the year 2000 are exempt from the individual ACA mandate. Here are the Health Share Plans that are ACA Compliant: Altrua HealthShare: In 2014 Altrua Ministries, dba … [Read more...] about Are Health Share Plans ACA Compliant?
Health Shares and State Mandates: What You Need to Know
When people first hear about health sharing, they wonder how they could use a Health Share as an alternative to Health Insurance—and how that would work with the Federal Health Care Law. Are You Required to Have Health Insurance? Since 2019, you are no longer required to obtain Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) under the Affordable Care Act, and there is no federal … [Read more...] about Health Shares and State Mandates: What You Need to Know