GUEST EDITORIAL By Benjamin Domenech, The Heartland Institute A controversial decision in Washington state pitted state health care regulators against a cooperative charitable organization, exemplifying some of the hazards of increased government regulation of the industry. Samaritan Ministries International, one of the nation’s largest faith-based health care cost-sharing ministries, was targeted by a Cease and Desist order from the Office of Insurance Commissioner (OIC), headed by Washington state insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler. In the order,…
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