Aliera Healthcare

Aliera Healthcare, founded in 2015, positioned itself as an administrator and marketer for Trinity HealthShare, a non-profit health care sharing ministry. The company sold memberships to consumers, framing them as a more affordable, community-based alternative to health insurance regulated under the ACA. However, the company faced widespread legal and regulatory challenges, with authorities alleging it operated as an unauthorized insurer, used deceptive marketing practices, and wrongfully denied or failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in members' medical claims, ultimately leading to its collapse and bankruptcy.