medical attention when in need is a right, just as life is . Medical attention is not granted, it is a right.I worked for a company that helped people collect Medicaid and Medicare money. Our big customer was Los Angeles, where lots of people end up in the ER due to lack of planning. There is usually someone there to help them fill out some paperwork, in hopes they will be able to retroactively, but sometimes not. With or without help, things can go wrong, and those bills can be out there for months. We were the last of 5 companies that scrubbed the data and sometimes went through paper files and resubmitted those claims.
That long story is to show that the intent of the law is for all of us to work together to keep people from dying on the street. I think IBL and all of us are familiar with the Bible story about that one. That story shows that the intent has been there for thousands of years, but religious and political leaders have not always put their actions where their words are. It seems, we like the idea of some unexpected hero coming along and helping the person in the ditch who has been beaten nearly to death. It makes it sound noble, and itâs the thing we would do if we saw such a person. When it becomes policy and some tiny percentage of our income is used to manage a program to help those exact people, then it gets labeled âsocialismâ and the churches say it is their business, not the governments.
Well, do your job church, then we wouldnât need the government. I kind of like my Leviathans when they donât require worship, but if Iâm breathing clean air and young people can walk to school safely, I wouldnât complain too much.