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Liberty HealthShare
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Category: Health care sharing ministry
Founders: Gospel Light Mennonite Church
Current Leadership: Dorsey Morrow, CEO since 2021
Founded: 1995
Location: Canton, OH
Representative products: members can choose from a variety of plans, including
Liberty Unite, Liberty Essential, Liberty Freedom, and Liberty Dental.
We’re not looking to shy away from the issues Liberty has had in the past – in fact, it’s just the opposite. When I was appointed in 2021, the first thing we did was sit down and take note of any shortcomings. It was important for us to dig in and develop intentional, comprehensive plans for how we were going to fix things going forward – how we were going to provide the type of service our members need and deserve. The work is never done; that’s true for every company. We’ve made substantial progress, and I’m very proud of where we are, and where we are headed, as a ministry.
We take inspiration from Galatians 6:2: "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Now, [the apostle Paul] doesn't say that you need to carry every load. Carry your own load [if you can]. A burden is something that we can't handle on our own. And so that's what we're about. We're just here to help facilitate believers all over the country helping each other.
I'm an attorney, a former judge, and a mediator. And I've just been involved in nonprofit organizations now for probably the past 25 years or so. And so when this position opened up, I said, yeah, this is it for me.
Ninety-four cents out of every dollar that our members contribute, we use to share into medical bills. The other six cents out of every dollar we use to pay salaries, to keep the lights on, pay the IT bill. ... Transparency is very important to us.
I love this job because I get to work with a lot of fantastic people, both the staff that work here at Liberty, as well as our members. Our members know that they can [talk to us] if they've got an issue with anything. We love listening to options and ideas. We are constantly evolving. ... If you call Liberty HealthShare, you're going to be talking to somebody right here in Canton, Ohio. So we are very proud of that. We want to maintain that connection with our membership. And we've got a number of people on staff that are very comfortable praying and writing cards and engaging our members on the spiritual side as well.