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Saw an ambulance say "In His Name, For His Glory"

There are a lot of hospitals that run their own ambulance services especially paramedic services. Many hospitals have religious connections and support.
 
So if someone used that ambulance service, it would be free?

If you are doing something in "His" name, I would assume it is free or really low cost.
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So if someone used that ambulance service, it would be free?

If you are doing something in "His" name, I would assume it is free or really low cost.
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why?

Are you really that ignorant or just hateful?
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So if someone used that ambulance service, it would be free?

If you are doing something in "His" name, I would assume it is free or really low cost.
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yeah..thats idiotic to expect that.
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So if someone used that ambulance service, it would be free?

If you are doing something in "His" name, I would assume it is free or really low cost.
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Think it depends on your circumstances (as it does for most public hospitals as well). They try to continue serving the poorer sector of the world by charging for their services where they can afford it.

If you can serve 10 people "in his name" by charging 5 of them, rather than providing service for free for 5...

Overall, I can't decide if this is a thread that's going to wind up trolling about health care or religion. It takes some skill to start it out with equal potential for both.
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So if someone used that ambulance service, it would be free?

If you are doing something in "His" name, I would assume it is free or really low cost.
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Why would you "ASS"ume anything even closely related to God would be free? Would you pay more for a plain piece of paper or one signed by some snot nosed celebrity? If God had anything to do with it you better believe it's gonna be expensive!!
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Should I assume, that the ambulance service is nonprofit, and/or does it for free?
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No, you should expect to be prostelytzed (sic), preached to and generally shamed into associating past sins with your present condition that required the use of said Ambulance Service. That part is free, The Ambulance Service isn't.

 
Originally posted by: se7en
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So if someone used that ambulance service, it would be free?

If you are doing something in "His" name, I would assume it is free or really low cost.
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Why would you "ASS"ume anything even closely related to God would be free? Would you pay more for a plain piece of paper or one signed by some snot nosed celebrity? If God had anything to do with it you better believe it's gonna be expensive!!
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There are plenty of services that people provide in "His" name that are free such as meals for hungry, homeless shelters, unemployment help, etc etc.
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So they look at each individual case, and decide to charge or not based on how poor or rich they are?
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Yeah, pretty much all hospitals do this for the uninsured. They employ financial counselors who help patients and patient families navigate through the tangle of medicare, medicaid, insurance, income and payment plans. They often will charge on a sliding scale based on what a person can afford, and often will accept payment in pieces.
 
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So they look at each individual case, and decide to charge or not based on how poor or rich they are?
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Yeah, pretty much all hospitals do this for the uninsured. They employ financial counselors who help patients and patient families navigate through the tangle of medicare, medicaid, insurance, income and payment plans. They often will charge on a sliding scale based on what a person can afford, and often will accept payment in pieces.
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Then what are these stories I hear about people dying due to lack of health care because they had to no money to pay?
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So they look at each individual case, and decide to charge or not based on how poor or rich they are?
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troll thread should be locked. i
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LOL, where's that 'faith' when it counts? Either you have it and it supports you, or you don't.
If you don't have it, you are less likely to allow others to question it, lest it lend credence to your own questioning of the dogma.

Most people aren't that confident of their beliefs and will take a back up position, which is what the religion serves.


 
The FSM tends to all His children, especially those in medical need.

Be thankful you were a witness to an extension of His noodly appendage.
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So they look at each individual case, and decide to charge or not based on how poor or rich they are?
Click to expand...

Yeah, pretty much all hospitals do this for the uninsured. They employ financial counselors who help patients and patient families navigate through the tangle of medicare, medicaid, insurance, income and payment plans. They often will charge on a sliding scale based on what a person can afford, and often will accept payment in pieces.
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Then what are these stories I hear about people dying due to lack of health care because they had to no money to pay?
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care to cite one where someone was ejected from a hospital ER and died due to inability to pay?

Treatment for AIDS, Cancer or ALS yeah that treatment is high dollar and I am sure some people die from not having the funds to pay for treatment. Hell, even people who are insured are limited to how long they can stay in a hospital....but it's not like the first thing a paramedic asks when they show up to a scene is "got money to pay for this?"
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So they look at each individual case, and decide to charge or not based on how poor or rich they are?
Click to expand...

Yeah, pretty much all hospitals do this for the uninsured. They employ financial counselors who help patients and patient families navigate through the tangle of medicare, medicaid, insurance, income and payment plans. They often will charge on a sliding scale based on what a person can afford, and often will accept payment in pieces.
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Then what are these stories I hear about people dying due to lack of health care because they had to no money to pay?
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They are typical for a society that pays lip service to The Human Condition and turns around and feeds the maw of the God of Mammon with the lives of the poor, less fortunate souls that do not conform to the needs of the All Powerful God, Busi-Ness. 😀
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So they look at each individual case, and decide to charge or not based on how poor or rich they are?
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Yeah, pretty much all hospitals do this for the uninsured. They employ financial counselors who help patients and patient families navigate through the tangle of medicare, medicaid, insurance, income and payment plans. They often will charge on a sliding scale based on what a person can afford, and often will accept payment in pieces.
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Then what are these stories I hear about people dying due to lack of health care because they had to no money to pay?
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If you go to an emergency room with injuries, etc that are immediately life-threatening, you will be treated. I have a friend who was T-boned by a truck in Montana, critically-injured, life-flighted from Montana to a trauma ward in Seattle (because it was the closest hospital that was equipped to deal with his injuries), and spent several weeks recovering in the intensive care unit. Hugely expensive. He couldn't afford to pay and did not have insurance.

The hospital still provided care and he's alive and well now. I believe that the Hospital forgave all or almost all of the debt.

Despite the rhetoric of those preaching for socialized health care, the stories about people being refused critical treatments because they can't pay are simply myths. If you're dying and you show up in an emergency room, you're going to get treated whether you can pay or not.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
So they look at each individual case, and decide to charge or not based on how poor or rich they are?
Click to expand...

Yeah, pretty much all hospitals do this for the uninsured. They employ financial counselors who help patients and patient families navigate through the tangle of medicare, medicaid, insurance, income and payment plans. They often will charge on a sliding scale based on what a person can afford, and often will accept payment in pieces.
Click to expand...

Then what are these stories I hear about people dying due to lack of health care because they had to no money to pay?
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If you go to an emergency room with injuries, etc that are immediately life-threatening, you will be treated. I have a friend who was T-boned by a truck in Montana, critically-injured, life-flighted from Montana to a trauma ward in Seattle (because it was the closest hospital that was equipped to deal with his injuries), and spent several weeks recovering in the intensive care unit. Hugely expensive. He couldn't afford to pay and did not have insurance.

The hospital still provided care and he's alive and well now. I believe that the Hospital forgave all or almost all of the debt.

Despite the rhetoric of those preaching for socialized health care, the stories about people being refused critical treatments because they can't pay are simply myths. If you're dying and you show up in an emergency room, you're going to get treated whether you can pay or not.

ZV
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Would they pay if he had cancer, and required months of care? If it was so easy, why are people bothering with this insurance stuff. Just show up, get care, leave.


 
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