Obama Care as Faith Healing

The Atlas Society - The Center for Objectivism ^ | December 10, 2009 | Edward Hudgins

[Ed Hudgins]

Want an eye-opening perspective on those in Congress and the Obama administration who want the government to control America’s health care system? Then consider the motivations and mindsets of a group that would have been helped by a provision that was stripped from the House bill but that could find its way into the Senate bill.

The provision would require the government to use taxpayer funds to pay for faith healers.

Yes folks, you read it right!

Specifically, Christian Scientists run telephone prayer hotlines. Individuals call in requesting that operators offer pleas to God to heal them or their loved ones. Rather than receiving Christian charity, callers receive a bill for services. The House provision would have required the government to pay $20-$40 for those prayer requests as medical expenses.

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will try to put the provision in the Senate bill. If they fail, no doubt they’ll try to insert it in the conference committee bill as a bribe in exchange for political support from kooks hoping to get on the government dole. Maybe they’ll receive help from Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), who gives his support to faith-healing Scientologists!

The lust for power

Let’s take a quick look at faith healers and how they compare to politicians.

Many faith healers are just plain con men and con women. They know they’re frauds but don’t care. They lie, they fake, and they deceive those who turn to them for help. What they’re after is power over others.

Picture televangelists who get a kick out of performing for audiences, being the center of attention, whipping up listeners into an emotional frenzy, screaming “You’re healed!”, and eating up the accolades they receive from those who imagine they’re being helped. But when the cameras are off...

[whitedog57]

Sheesh

[Ed Hudgins]

Perhaps voodoo is a better description of Obama care!