Catholics who support abortions…
Through their Health Plans.
One of the most important benefits in the life of Americans is their health plan - they can’t live without it. (Although many people do manage to live without one, those who can’t afford health care… They don’t do well mind you, but they manage.) I know of a few Catholic bloggers who praise the American health care industry up one-side and down the other.
One Catholic blogger in particular frequently disparaged those who were in favor of a universal health care system, as well as the poor people who sought health care but had no income; his advice - get a job wth health-care benefits! Then he and his wife moved to another city and he complained about how expensive COBRA is. I wonder what he thinks now that he may be supporting abortions through their health insurance premiums?
Here is the story on the problem:
The chances are good that your health insurance plan covers elective abortions since 46 percent of all health insurance plans in the United States do so. A leading researcher urges pro-life advocates to investigate their plans to find out whether they are unknowingly supporting abortion.
During the Reagan administration, Dr. Robert Moffitt was the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The money, of course, comes from the premiums that all members of the health plan and/or their employers pay on a monthly basis — including pro-life advocates.“Forty-six percent of workers today in employer-based health insurance finance abortion,” he said, according to a OneNewsNow report. “I think this is critical.” - LifeNews
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So this is my question. Would pro-life employers drop employee health-care coverage if they, along with pro-life advocates were not able to persuade Insurance companies to stop funding abortions? Would a Catholic family opt out and stop their healthcare coverage because the insurance company covered abortions?Remember we live in a nation wherein our tax dollars are used to support organizations such as Planned Parenthood. There are also many voters who claim to be Catholic who vote for pro-choice poiliticians.
I wonder if all of us have innocent blood on our hands in one way or another.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Don’t get me started on health care. We can put space vehicles on Mars, but we can’t come up with a good basic health care plan for all Americans. My brother-in-law just lost his job. Cobra for his family is over $1000 a month. They have some pre-existings, so a private plan isn’t any better, if they can even get one.
BTW, “basic” to me means it doesn’t cover things like Lasik surgery, nose jobs and boob jobs (nonreconstructive), and abortions.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Universal health care now.
There’s no reason for lives to be an “industry.”
It’s sick, and it’s no wonder we rank #42 in the world in health care.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:26 am
hmmm, this is an interesting thought Terry. In paying our taxes, with some of this money going to fund abortions via Planned Parenthood, I believe this constitutes very remote cooperation. The duty one has to support one’s self and family by staying out of jail for tax evasion outweighs this participation.
It would seem to me this would apply to our health insurance premiums as well. Would it not be unconscionable to cancel a health plan for your family due this remote participation? The one option I see it this: if your employer offers more than one plan, investigate them and choose the one (if there is one) that does not cover abortion.
It is also important to choose physicians who do not refer for, let alone perform abortions, prescribe “emergency contraception” (which is actually emergency abortion), or if you can find a health care provider who does not prescribe contraception - this is truly rare but they do exist and can be found if you try.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Sanctus is correct.
We do the best we can in this fallen world.
The people who don’t think there should be Medicare or Medicaid obviously want a lot more people to die because they can’t afford their meds.
Not socialized medicine, per se, like Thom is talking about. Just a basic health care plan so that no one has to choose between eating and taking a pill - a better Medicaid with smarter people running it with less waste.
Rein in the pharma companies, their advertising, and their bribery of medical professionals, etc.
N-O-T a universal system as in “Sorry, Ma, you can’t have Unicare anymore. Everyone goes to Dr. Nick Riviera now.”
A universal system as in everyone has access to a doctor and a pharmacy. If you take advantage of that and you are an able-bodied, sane, non-young, non-elderly person, then you pay for it by giving back to the country - I don’t care if you pick up garbage or deliver Meals on Wheels or simply visit nursing homes. But you’re GOING to do something. You should. We have lost all sense of justice and fairness in this country. Take a penny, leave a penny.