HHS sec. to begin passing the hat for Obamare

[Hayabusa Rider]

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE94A0BA20130511?irpc=932

Government to solicit financial aid from corporations, health care organizations and churches. Churches? So much for separation of church and state.

It's incredible that this wasn't foreseen. Pass the offering plate.

 

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Government to solicit financial aid from corporations, health care organizations and churches. Churches? So much for separation of church and state.

That doesn't make any sense. Churches can and do work with the government on tons of different issues on a constant basis, including providing funding for health efforts.

It's incredible that this wasn't foreseen. Pass the offering plate.

They should have written the law with the idea in place that a radicalized minority in government would not only continually demagogue against already passed law for the better part of two years but then do everything possible to make its implementation as difficult as possible, even if that meant denying health care to their own constituents?

There will be plenty of issues to overcome with the health care law as it is being implemented, that's the nature of the beast. The fact that the Republicans are so hell bent on obstructing it will probably make things worse. Such is life.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Churches can and do work with the government on tons of different issues on a constant basis, including providing funding for health efforts.

Churches can work with government agencies. They can contribute as they like. That's not what's happening here. The government is soliciting.

They should have written the law with the idea in place that a radicalized minority in government would not only continually demagogue against already passed law for the better part of two years but then do everything possible to make its implementation as difficult as possible, even if that meant denying health care to their own constituents?

IIRC, there was substantial objection to this bill before going to the SCOTUS. A great many didn't want. It isn't surprising that under those circumstances the opposition party would work to prevent implementation. It was perfectly foreseeable.

I'd suggest keeping this in mind when UHC comes up. No one is going to back down, but it would be nice if someone came up with a health care solution with reform, not political gain in mind. I submit that our political system makes that impossible, and a great many would never have it otherwise.