From the "Republican Jesus Propaganda". I do recall President Trump outlining many flaws in President Obama's healthcare act which actually made it more expensive.
Don't forget that President Trump dramatically lowered the price of insulin to pennies. Now it's back up. Ask the politicians nationwide (both Democrats/Republicans) and the extremely wealthy elite (Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Bill Gates, President Obama, President Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Laurene Powell Jobs, all of the Hollywood Elite, Lady Gaga, Madonna, etc..) to give up all of their wealth so everyone could have free healthcare.
A wonderful explanation to this on this thread.
I know, it isn't what you were asking but I couldn't resist. The discussion is kind of moot really because there wasn't anything like modern medicine. It would be like asking Jesus' opinion of the Internet. In such cases you have to look at the moral questions, like "is it more right to help people who can't help themselves, or not?"
I think I've read that physicians in ancient times would have charged based on what they thought a person could afford. But they couldn't really do much anyway so not affording one wouldn't be a life or death matter.
Modern medicine is complicated and expensive and saves lives -- it isn't free, but in many countries all citizens chip in to a common pool so everyone can get the care they need regardless of their state of wealth or poverty. That's a moral choice that most people agree with.There's no such thing as free healthcare, because doctors don't work for free and medical supplies don't come free. The choices are between user-paid and socialized medicine.
Jesus doesn't say anything about how to run a government. The New Testament is written to people who were a minority, not those who held political power. The Old Testament was written to an independent sovereign people, however, and as such contained many statements about how to run the country. Unfortunately, the OT doesn't have anything to say on this subject either.
What I see over and over through Scripture, however, is an emphasis on kindness, generosity, and free offering. We should support the poor, but no one is compelled to do so. That idea would support a community fund which can be opted into in order to have that whole community pay for medical costs for those within the community - which is exactly what private medical insurance is. Like, that's exactly what it is.
Comments