AMDG
Jim, you *do* know that this health care mandate is just going to *increase* the overburdening of the ER.
No it won't and in fact here in Massachusetts where we have Romney Care, which is essentially the same as Obama Care, the ER's are treating emergencies, rather than common ailments.
As Romney himself said, and he was right on, before his health care plan, the ER's were over burdened with people who had no health insurance, showing up with the flu and other common illnesses.
The ER where we had to take my mother, they shut down and told ambulance drivers to go to the next clossest one which was two cities away, because they were over burdened with uninsured people.
So, you statement is nothing more than fear mongering and not based on reality.
Having a piece of paper that says that a person can get health care insurance isn't going to mean much when the people can't find any medical care except the ERs.
Why would that be the case? If you have health insurance, you can go to a doctor or health clinic, rather than an ER.
What will it mean for Christians if the mandate is null and void because Obamacare has been overturned?
It will mean the same, millions without health insurance.
I have this sneaky feeling that until Obama is out of office, Christians are going to have to be very vigilant--I mean after the Supreme Court ruled for freedom of religion in January (that the religious institutions can decide on their own employees without government interference) you'd think Obama would know better than to try to tell religious organizations what to do. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to learn very easily -- first we have the HHS mandate, and then the "accomodation" (about which he never even spoke to the Bishops much less tried to compromise.)
Well, get use to the idea of Obama having a second term, because I don't see any of the republican candidates having a shot at winning in November.
Also, Obama is still working on the issue of artificial birth control. From what I heard over the week, by the end of the month there will be a conscience exemption clause in the package.
Jim