http://www.joshuacase.net/2009/07/22/health-care-in-america-a-religious-issue/ Justice, Politics, and Religion at the Intersections of a Journey Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:21:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.joshuacase.net/2009/07/22/health-care-in-america-a-religious-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Kevin Stuart Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:54:25 +0000 http://joshuacase.net/?p=718#comment-1676 I agree with you. Your post prompts the question: why is the field of options in the discussion narrowly confined to the federal government? Why assume universal coverage = federal payment for health insurance? It could be that the poor are covered by a network of charity and community health clinics which get preferment in CDBG appropriations. It would also help if insurance were de-coupled from employment. I agree with you. Your post prompts the question: why is the field of options in the discussion narrowly confined to the federal government?
Why assume universal coverage = federal payment for health insurance? It could be that the poor are covered by a network of charity and community health clinics which get preferment in CDBG appropriations. It would also help if insurance were de-coupled from employment.

]]> http://www.joshuacase.net/2009/07/22/health-care-in-america-a-religious-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1675 Karl Kroger Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:18:19 +0000 http://joshuacase.net/?p=718#comment-1675 It's good to here your voice. We need it. Thanks for this. The evolution of the hospital and Stark's work on the early church is interesting in light of Bill Maher's column on Thursday: "And finally, there's health care. It wasn't that long ago that when a kid broke his leg playing stickball, his parents took him to the local Catholic hospital, the nun put a thermometer in his mouth, the doctor slapped some plaster on his ankle and you were done. The bill was $1.50, plus you got to keep the thermometer. But like everything else that's good and noble in life, some Wall Street wizard decided that hospitals could be big business, so now they're run by some bean counters in a corporate plaza in Charlotte. In the U.S. today, three giant for-profit conglomerates own close to 600 hospitals and other health care facilities. They're not hospitals anymore; they're Jiffy Lubes with bedpans." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-not-everything-i_b_244050.html I'm curious about your take on the "myth of the separation of church and state." It’s good to here your voice. We need it. Thanks for this.
The evolution of the hospital and Stark’s work on the early church is interesting in light of Bill Maher’s column on Thursday:
“And finally, there’s health care. It wasn’t that long ago that when a kid broke his leg playing stickball, his parents took him to the local Catholic hospital, the nun put a thermometer in his mouth, the doctor slapped some plaster on his ankle and you were done. The bill was $1.50, plus you got to keep the thermometer.
But like everything else that’s good and noble in life, some Wall Street wizard decided that hospitals could be big business, so now they’re run by some bean counters in a corporate plaza in Charlotte. In the U.S. today, three giant for-profit conglomerates own close to 600 hospitals and other health care facilities. They’re not hospitals anymore; they’re Jiffy Lubes with bedpans.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-not-everything-i_b_244050.html
I’m curious about your take on the “myth of the separation of church and state.”

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