tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902056258087567564.post322254303288148134..comments2023-10-26T09:55:21.467-04:00Comments on Ian Lawton: Spirituality and Health CareIan Lawtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14515453952874757497noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902056258087567564.post-51095325940081770472009-06-26T00:55:22.469-04:002009-06-26T00:55:22.469-04:00Ian,
Even with health insurance the financial bur...Ian,<br /><br />Even with health insurance the financial burden can be overwhelming.<br /><br />I am disabled and the only insurance I have is my wife's group policy. We have three children still at home and we live on less than 30,000 a year. <br /><br />My illness makes up 99% of the health dollars spent in our home. We pay 150.00 a month in premiums. Have a 2,400.00 deductible. Then it is 80/20 until you spend another 3,200.00 out of pocket. So a typical year? Our total out of pocket(including premiums) is 7,400.00, which is over 25% of our cash income. Of course we can't pay that so we are hopelessly indebted to the doctor, hospital, etc. <br /><br />Yes, it is bad for us.......but I am grateful that we have it good compared to the previous commenter.<br /><br />It is a great evil that people lose everything in order to live. IF this is all free market capitalism can give us then good riddance to it.<br /><br />Universal coverage should be the standard. Rich, poor, employed, self-employed, unemployed. Everyone covered. <br /><br />We have a moral obligation to one another. Should we not want what is best for our neighbor? Allowing him/her to languish in pain and sickness and die because he/she couldn't afford treatment is scandalous and immoral.<br /><br />BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902056258087567564.post-43504059554225820112009-06-25T19:26:24.148-04:002009-06-25T19:26:24.148-04:00Reverend Lawton:
Thank you for this excellent po...Reverend Lawton: <br /> Thank you for this excellent post. I lost my husband at age 46, due to cancer, which went undiagnosed, because he was an independent contractor and could not afford health insurance. We lost our home and business, and he died in debt. I think a "spiritual but not religious" ideology would have to be for some kind of universal health care, and it is telling that the U.S. stands alone in its inability to solve this dilemma. It may be an issue of the body, but it sabatoges the spirit. You say that "we are all responsible for each other". Agreed, but thry telling that to libertarians and the Rush Limbaugh crowd. Ha! Those words are poison to their ears. How does one govern such people?SM Kovalinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137642942538595560noreply@blogger.com