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Given that the point of the parable of the Good Samaritan involves taking care of those who are not "one of us," it seems strange that this group call itself Samaritans.
You're so generous with other people's money. Just like a leftwinger. Maybe YOU could step up and help the people you are demanding Christians pay for.
I didn't demand anything. You keep saying how generous the members of your co-op are. Only to those you deem worthy, however. Not children adopted from Africa or those who have the misfortune to be diagnosed with cancer as infants.
Did you miss the part where Samaritan members volunteer money to folks with conditions not covered under Samaritan?
Samaritan doesn't pay for routine check ups. You don't get insurance to pay for maintenance for you house or car. That's not what insurance is for. It's for the catastrophic.
It's a damn shame that only catastrophic plans can't be a choice for the general public.
Asthma, Diabetes, Psoriasis all pre-existing for some, call BS if you like but treatment were covered for them.
A pure charity is one that provides assistance in whatever form with no criteria that must be met your co-op is anything but that. I have never seen a shelter or food bank ask for proof of faith and conduct before assisting someone..
I don't understand why you think Samaritan should administer welfare. Unlike the government, Samaritan has to stay solvent in order to keep serving people.
It's a damn shame that only catastrophic plans can't be a choice for the general public.
100% agree. Welcome to 0bamacare where you ARE FORCED to pay for immoral birth control or abortion. UNDER PENALTY OF LAW-- until President Trump came along. Talking about forcing an agenda on people.
At my husband’s old church, there were a couple of families who were part of the cost-sharing program. As much as they carped about “socialized medicine”, they had no qualms with relying on PCAP and Medicaid as back-up to cover their pregnancies and well-visits, applying for WIC, and relying on the county health department for free immunizations for their broods of children. Basically, they were totally fine with relying on the government for any costs that were not shared by Samaritan.
Thanks for the anecdote. Were they members of Samaritan?
You're so generous with other people's money. Just like a leftwinger. Maybe YOU could step up and help the people you are demanding Christians pay for.
I do help pay for medical treatments for Christians that Samaritan Ministries refuses to cover.
We all do, through higher insurance premiums, Medicaid, unpaid medical bills that raise the cost for those who do pay, ...
Samaritan Ministries is not health insurance. It is not a charity.
Samaritan Ministries is a strategy for a select group of Christians to offload expensive medical treatments for their members off on the rest of us.
These Christians aren't allowed to participate in the Christian cost-share plans.
They must scramble among the heathens to find health insurance.
If you irreligious folks hate Christians so much, why not start your own plan that pays for pre-existing conditions, where people can game the system, where nobody cares about anybody else. But you have to have an unlimited source of funding from somewhere else to pay for it all since there is no way in hell it can be self-sustaining like Samaritan..
Oh wait. We have that, already. It's called 0bummercare.
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