Jesus Didn't Ask for Proof of Insurance
By Elizabeth Sholes
Director of Public Policy
California Churches IMPACT
Clergy, health ministries, faith nurses, and members of congregations are on the front lines of our state’s health care crisis. We serve our own members in desperate need of health coverage through in-church clinics, advice on health services, and occasionally financial assistance. We also serve those in our communities in the same desperate straits.
For people of faith, health care is a right and a moral obligation for all. Christians, for example, know that when Jesus healed the sick, he did not ask for proof of insurance, and pre-existing conditions were definitely his specialty!
Recently during IMPACT Health Advocacy Day clergy and laity moved through the Capitol to raise the moral values of health care to legislators.
We are speaking out for policies giving the best care at the most affordable prices for every person. We work for the Common Good, not special interests. It’s embedded in our traditions and beliefs, and we cannot settle for less for our fellow Californians.
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THANK YOU FOR WRITING
"JESUS DIDN'T ASK FOR HEALTH INSURANCE". I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NEW HEALTH CARE REFORM SINCE I BECAME DISABLED.I PRAY FOR HIS GUIDANCE AND PRAY THAT HE WILL BE WORKING ON THE CONCIENCE OF MAN TO GET A NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN FOR ALL CALIFORNIAN'S. MAYBE THE REST OF THE STATES WILL JOIN IN.
Posted by: ALYSE | August 31, 2007 03:48 PM
I don't take exception to Elizabeth using her spiritual background to determine her morals regarding health care. It semms to me that if His message informs her sense of social justice, that is fine. She is not foisting her beliefs on anyone.
I do differ from Alyse's posted response in that he puts the solution in God's hands, not in the hands of man.
No wanting to upset any tables in the tempel here, but if Elizabeth works for the common good and not the special interests as she says (and I believe her sincerity) then she should consider the single payer system put forth by Rep. Kuehl, passed by the assembly, and ultimately vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenneger.
It completely eliminates a special interest that adds not one iota to health care--the health care insurance industry.
No reason for Peter to pay Jmaes a bunch of money so James can take a huge cut and pay Paul for health care delivery. Let's just leave James out of the transaction and eliminate the 31% waste in the system and insure all Californians--no co-pays, no deductibles, no preexising conditions, and a no-brainer. Studies have shown this can be done and still save 10% less than is now being spent.
In the end, we need to join all the other inddustrialized nations of the world and quit being the last holdout and support Rep. John Conyers H.R. 676.
If your congressperson has as of yet become a co-sponsor, I suggest setting up lobby groups and calling upon them to do the right thing. And though I don't think God will help in the effort, I imagine she might get a big grin on her face when it passes.
Posted by: MIchael Carano | September 8, 2007 02:30 PM
Typos abound in my post above. Forgive me reader for I know not how to type well and am too rambunctious to take the time to edit.
Posted by: MIchael Carano | September 8, 2007 02:32 PM
S. B. 840, and my mistake. Kuehl is a state senator not an assembly rep.
Posted by: MIchael Carano | September 8, 2007 02:35 PM