{"id":8769,"date":"2002-10-14T12:07:35","date_gmt":"2002-10-14T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/10\/14\/yes-virginia-i-believe-in-universal-health-care\/"},"modified":"2002-10-14T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2002-10-14T17:07:35","slug":"yes-virginia-i-believe-in-universal-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/10\/yes-virginia-i-believe-in-universal-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes Virginia, I believe in Universal Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Measure 23, awaiting Oregon voters on the November 5th
\nballot, is the nation’s first “universal health care plan” purporting to give
\nfull medical insurance — no co-payments, no deductibles — to all the state’s
\nresidents.<\/font> [Full
\nstory<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Growing up in Portland in my formative years I can easily believe that Oregon
\nis the least churched state, especially being the only state with legal
\neuthanasia. What a mighty faith anybody would have to believe in a universal
\nhealth care plan with no payments or deductibles. Such a thing would certainly
\nbe a governmental miracle, if they could pull it off. England has tried it and
\npeople fly to India for health care vacations because they couldn’t wait for the
\nsurgery or were considered to old to receive it. Canada has done it and luckily
\nthey only have to come to the US for undelivered health care needs. Tennessee
\nhas tried a version of it and they are scrambling for ways to pay for it. The
\nonly way this would be possible is with a resurgence of the Catholic Hospital
\nwhere salaries are not a concern and people are dedicated to the love of God and
\nNeighbor. The secular version can never work because without a love for God they
\ncan never have the full sacrificial love required for the amount of time and
\ncare required. We have lost the idea of communities that help to take care of
\nthose people in our communities that can’t afford health care. The government
\ncan never replace the efficiency and effectiveness of people helping out other
\npeople directly with time and\/or money. The only way government will provide
\nequal health care for all is if they make everybody’s health care
\nrotten.<\/p>\n

“When people stop believing in God, they do
\nnot believe in nothing. They believe in anything.”<\/font> \ufffdG.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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