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Monday, August 24, 2009
Star Parker :: Townhall.com Columnist
Health Care Struggle is About Freedom
by Star Parker
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President Obama took his case for what he now calls "health insurance reform" to the faith community. He made his pitch in a phone call, also broadcast over the Internet, to clergy who called in and logged on from around the nation.

In his remarks, the President ticked off points of contention that dissenters have with his proposals -- "government takeover of healthcare...government funding of abortion...death panels" -- and dismissed these concerns as "fabrications." In one swipe, Mr. Obama reduced his opposition to liars.

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And why, according to the President, are dissenters supposedly making all this stuff up? Because, he told his audience, they want to "discourage people from meeting...a core ethical and moral obligation...that we look out for one another...that I am my brother's keeper..."

So those whose fight for individual freedom are immoral and our moral champions are those who want to extend the heavy hand of government.

Forgive me if sermons about morality are a little hard to swallow from a man who supports partial birth abortion, who just announced his intent to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

And who really wants to obstruct moral behavior?

About 100,000 Americans participate in private, voluntary Christian communities that take care of their own healthcare independently of government and insurance companies. They are called health-care sharing ministries.

These communities assess members "shares", based on family size, which are paid monthly, in addition to annual dues.

Those in the community who need care submit their claims to a central office, which sends members monthly bulletins informing them whose care their monthly payment will be covering.

No government. No insurance companies. It's health care with a true human face, operating in freedom, where those paying know who they are paying for and for what.

In addition to sending funds to cover costs, they send notes and pray for the sick person whose costs they are covering.

You wouldn't think that communities that embody the very essence of personal responsibility and Christian love would need lobbyists for their protection. But they do.

If Barack Obama has his way, they'll be out of business. Continued...
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Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Coalition for Urban Renewal & Education, a 501c3 think tank which explores and promotes market based public policy to fight poverty, as well as author of White Ghetto: How Middle Class America Reflects Inner City Decay.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Sep 23, 2009 - 2:16 AM EST
Freedom Of Choice Not Right Or Privilege
Unions have had problems with 'Mass Quantity Rights' when their workers go against the Union their Insurance becomes scrutinized because the Union buys 'Mass Quantity' and is not a resale opportunity which is only for the Union Workers. When many Unioners are released from the Union it means the Union is paying for Insurance Policy which it does not need & that could be from 50 to more than 1,000 Union Workers that had canceled coverage. If the number of cancellations reach a critical total the value of the premium increases & the Union must charge more per Policy & that angers Union Workers so they strike to force the Union to use the Union Dues instead of their payroll to pay off the difference. Sometimes this works sometimes it does not & the processing with the Provider of Policy terminates forcing the Union to consider a different approach to purchasing quantity.

Union Workers do not have a Freedom of Choice when they join the Union what Insurer and what Policy and or if they will have a Agent or be subjected to the matters of a Headquarters Policy deal, the later is the problem solution and the White House respects the truth about this issue. The Union's ideology is that this is a Privilege not a Right & not a Freedom of Choice since Union Workers must be Insured. The cut around this groove is to have the Business Insured for Everyone Inside and On Premise, other Insurance can be added by workers to cover them At Home and Away. Most truckers carry Away Insurance. This eliminates the ideology of course of 'Mass Quantity Rights' entirely and direct dealings with the Insurance Providers Headquarters. Obama defines the problem to be 'increased health insurance competition across state lines', yet does not relate to Unionism that would be out of his interpretation.
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Reply # 2
Date: Sep 23, 2009 - 1:39 AM EST
Freedom Of Choice Not Right Or Privilege
Insurers that operate across State Lines might be a Privilege to offer their plan to you while a State Licensed Business is unable to because the laws of the State serve to view the Insurance Features as has been mandated by the Co providing coverage which is out of State managed, that is a Clause in the Insurance they have nothing to do with. In the situation where a out of State Insurer can offer you a Policy its wordings would not be the exact same & you cannot deal with State Licensed Businesses of their Co too support the Policy cause they cannot support it due to the State recognition of whom is the issuer of the Policy really is a Agent of the Headquarters of the business (Franchine) or the Headquarters of the business without a Agent as a third party.

The Right to do so is the entire ball of wax, laws are established to make Rights for the people at large, States Reserve The Rights to Include but not Exclude all Out of State Rights Per State Citizen. Encroachment of Corporate or State Rights becomes the matter to understand as would be 'Mass Quantity Rights' of which Corporates & States have both been Privileged to manage. A Co-op can obtain 'Mass Quantity Rights' & bring down the overhead costs to all they Insure, its like becoming a Non-Business-Taxed-Franchise having no power to change anything or vote on Co matters, but as a Co-op Dividends still could be established under the command of that Co-op & does not endorse or certify certain Providers of Policy.
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