Fred Bennett did not have insurance, but more than $40,000 of the bills from his 2007 heart attack were paid.
The Chattanooga nonprofit ministry leader is a member of Medi-Share, a program in which members share resources to pay each other’s medical expenses.
Bennett, interim director of Titus International, is one of 1,242 members of the program in Tennessee and one of 46,997 members in 49 states across the country.
“From the first,” he said, “I’ve been very pleased with them.”
“Price and principle,” he said, are its two most important attributes.