Fruit of Obamacare

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. (Prov 14:12, 16:25)

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the Earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Is 55:8-9)

There is a clear way to tell that the socialized medicine of Obamacare is, at best, a bad humanistic program and, at worst, a tool of the Devil. As Jesus said concerning false prophets – men who claim to bring good benefits to the nation – “You will know them by their fruits.”

In Britain, Canada, and other countries with socialized medicine, medical care is very lacking. Patients wait for hours to see doctors, for months for special treatments. In the US, doctors are leaving the job market due to expected losses of income. We are already beginning to see signs of people not receiving care under government programs. When will ungodly men and women on “death panel” committees begin to refuse medical care to people because of scarce resources? (That scarcity will be brought on by government regulatory interference in the free market.)

The case of Don Piper makes a great contrasting study. His car was smashed by a tractor-trailer and he died. He later authored the book, 90 Minutes in Heaven, in which he bears witness to having gone there. Ninety minutes later, a man prayed for him under God’s strong urging and Don came back to life on Earth.

He told of the agony of recovery, the specialized procedures to save his crushed leg, the depression of enduring through the agony, sleeplessness, and emotional turmoil. Don told of countless people who prayed him through recovering from near death. The people of his church community visited (which didn’t always help) and sought to serve him. To all of them, Don’s life was precious despite the amount of destruction to his body. A doctor said he had seen worse…but none of them had survived.

As I listened to his story, I speculated how Don and his family could have paid for all the expensive procedures and care. I figured that:

1) his church community might have committed to paying the expenses,

2) his employer (the church) might have covered him with private insurance (as my factory does for me), or

3) there might have been some help from various government agencies.

It turns out that, due to circumstances, his home state was held responsible for his accident and covered expenses.

Under Obamacare, I imagine Don’s death and the extent of his injuries would have disqualified him from receiving much of the medical care he did receive. Doctors and nurses would have been unavailable for such specialized care. The specialized treatments would have been deemed too expensive for someone so debilitated.

Liberals question where is the compassion of conservatives for the poor and needy? Real compassion operates in the free market – where people are allowed to make their own choices and pay their own ways. With the lack of being forced, people more readily help those in need. The good fruit of compassion is found where people seek God’s guidance how to best exercise it.