Christian Healthcare Centers

05/11/2026

05/08/2026

We sent a medical team to Kenya as part of the missions outreach of Family Church in Holland. This is our second trip with them. It is great that our staff get to do overseas in a tiny Kenyan village what they do here all year long. God is good!

04/24/2026

04/24/2026

The most important question a patient can ask a new doctors office isn't "Do you take my insurance?" The most important question(s) are: can I call you when something is wrong? How long are your wait times? Will you know my name? Will you be my advocate? Are you actually good at your work?" Medical insurance has conditioned people to worry more about a doctor taking their insurance than whether she is really free to partner with them in staying healthy.

04/18/2026

04/17/2026

04/15/2026

This should bother you - a lot. The cost of healthcare is out of control and this illustrates one of the reasons! This breaks down how two similar hospitals charge for the same surgery.

04/13/2026

Two shorts that tell you why medications keep getting more expensive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxQn_k99Vnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwKx7aeUu-I

The PBM middleman is in more places than you’d think. Your health insurance company and their pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) can steer you toward pharmacies ...

04/13/2026

Want to know why medications in the US cost so much? Look no further than all of the hands through which a medication passes before it gets to the patient. Nearly 50% of a drug's pricing to a patient involves people whose involvement in the supply chain have no role in that patient's care.

04/10/2026

Small businesses get clobbered again by rising medical insurance premiums. How can we be spending $5 trillion a year on healthcare but one of the largest insurers claims it is going broke unless they hammer small business owners for more money?

A proposed 13% Blue Cross rate hike adds pressure on Michigan small businesses already facing rising health costs and hiring challenges.

04/09/2026

There are too many "invisible hands" in our healthcare system but they all are there to get a slice of the $5 trillion healthcare pie. One of those is pharmacy benefit managers - the trolls at every bridge between pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, and patients. This graphic provides a glimpse of why medications cost so much.