September 25th 2009
Religion and health care
By Marie Alena Castle
One special interest that should not be involved in the debate on health care reform is religion. Yet provisions are proposed that exclude abortion to accommodate religious belief in such things as single-celled persons, and others that disadvantage equitable coverage for same-sex partners out of ignorance of sexuality and its variations. Now there is a requirement to pay for prayer-only treatment for Christian Scientists. It’s in the Kerry-Hatch amendment C-14-short title: “Religious Non-discrimination in Health Care.” This is payment for “treatment” that consists entirely of refusing to admit an illness exists! How irrational can health care reform get? This one beats “death panels” for the looney-tune prize-and it is actually in the bill!
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Larro on 27 Dec 2009 at 08:45pm #
HR 3200 – Prayer is Not Medical Care | Petition2Congress | http://bit.ly/5cdbB2
John Smith on 01 Feb 2010 at 01:31pm #
Medical has nothing to do with what your religion is. You cannot base your decision of who gets medical care based on who believes in what. Some people believe in no God, some people believe in a God, and some people believe in many Gods. Though what does God have to do with whether you get medical care or not. He doesn’t tell you whether you are worthy enough to get medical care, so that you can be helped when you are sick. It is our decision as people to decide who gets medical care and religion has nothing to do with it. People shouldn’t discriminate against others just because they believe in different things. It is like in school if a teacher didn’t listen to your opinions because you didn’t do the work, doing the work has nothing to do with whether you are capable of joining in the discussion in class. You can still have opinions without doing the work. So giving people healthcare based on whether or not they believe in god is just irrelevant and should have nothing to do with it.