Universal health care is the only Christian option

You are assuming that everyone is Christian, also taxes are stealing simply because I{anyone else really} never agreed to pay for them. Also just because someone is on benefits does not mean they are abusing the system. In some states woman can not get Medicaid/Medicare unless they are pregnant or have children under 1 year. I also don't beleive that I should be forced to get Health Care because I don't have it, which is what would happen with universal health care. Also satanism is not the big evil thing everyone makes it out to be. But that's another topic entirely.

I love how the same people who demand that religion be kept out of politics are the ones who are now saying that Jesus would be a liberal or Jesus would want the public option. Let me first tell you, there is no Universal health care in either bill PERIOD. I don't know why anyone actually believes there is. Now, there is a HUGE difference between a Christian sacrificing his or her own time and money to help another, as Jesus teaches, and STEALING money from someone else to give to another. I'm more than happy to donate my time, money, and blood to help other people and I do it regularly, donating far more money than our Vice president who makes over $300,000 a year and donates between $100 and $300 to charitable causes. If you want to help others, give money to charitable hospitals and encourage others to do the same. Don't demand that the government steal from people to do this. Stealing is against Christianity.

As you can see, poingly, there are varied reasons why people object to universal...or whatever anyone wants to call it...health care. The distrust that many have, myself included, of the government's ability to run such a program is understandable. I do believe, however, that the over generalizations that run rampant about the people who do not have health insurance defeat the arguments against it. Again and again I see those without health insurance branded as lazy and irresponsible yet how many have actually taken the time to investigate the facts of private health coverage? I have...for a fictional family of 4...the premiums are high and the deductables run in the thousands before coverage kicks in. These policies are virtually useless when it comes to receiving preventive care, seeing a doctor when you are ill or covering the cost of prescription medication. Some of the horrid people who don't currently have their own insurance are uninsurable because they already have medical conditions that make them too risky for most insurance companies to take on for any price. They also fall into the category of the working class...earning too much to qualify for medicaid and too young to qualify for medicare. Those receiving Public Assistance are usually thrown in for good measure even though it's common knowledge that, if you're receiving food stamps and cash every month, you also have a medical card and your healthcare is free. But, it helps to make those who are truly in need look like leeches if they're included so why let facts stand in the way? I don't know if the current bill under consideration is a good one or not...and it disturbs me greatly that we are being kept in the dark about it...but I do believe that something needs to be done. Those who live in the La La Land of employer provided health coverage, where a small amount is deducted from your check, you have a $10 copay, $5 prescriptions and a $300 yearly deductable for your entire family should have compassion for those who aren't as lucky. Unfortunately, many don't although they'll deny that fact.

There are a lot of charity hospitals that treat people even if they can't pay. There is medicaid and medicare for the poor and elderly. There is plenty of help out there for those who can't help themselves. What ticks me off are the ones who can take care of themselves but don't....because they want everyone else to take care of them for them. That is called laziness and it is wrong to exspect others to take care of you when you can do it yourself but refuse to. "God helps those that help themselves".

I don't know that Christians are against their taxes being spent for someone's healthcare. The fact of the matter is that a lot of taxes are already taken out and being spent on things -- and this is where a lot of people, Christian or otherwise, have a problem. It's not so simple. It's not an MSNBC talking point that, if you oppose government-run healthcare, you want people dying in the streets. It's 100% about the government, this government. To the people who are standing in such support of universal healthcare in America, I'd have to ask them who they want in charge of it. This government? Seriously, there's nothing to argue about here. If someone trusts America's crooked government to actually get something right, they're either dizzy or blind. Give people ONE example of large government that's good and those same people might start to believe that government can actually handle money and handle people's lives.