If you want to defend that 100 year record of liberals pushing for nationalized health care then do it, so far your posts are nothing but an attempt to hijack the thread and to stop any of us from learning anything about this.
This can be a start to understanding the almost perfect record for more than a hundred years of Catholics supporting Democrats and their agenda.
That is an attempt at mind reading.
My intention is not to hijack the thread, but to prevent the hijacking of the issue for use in another attack on Catholicism and Catholics.
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ - Matthew 25:45
Peace be with you.
So is making the thread "about" individual Freepers.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
The Catholic Church is not a political party. The goal of assuring that people have access to health care and that such care does not bankrupt them or their families is in keeping with Catholic teaching. Where good people disagree is in how to best meet this goal. Would larger government involvement in the health care field help or hinder people getting the care they need? I believe it will hinder it.
Would allowing more of a free market approach help? Yes to a certain extent I think it would. But that so many people do not have access to health care is a shame. It is also a shame that people do not question the attitude that health care is something insurance (gov’t or private) is supposed to pay for instead of a projected expense people should prepare for as best they can.
When those preparations can not meet the needs is when insurance should kick in. I also believe that assistance should begin at the private level and have the flexibility to serve people as needed.
But Obamacare is not about health care access it is about access to insurance coverage. The two are not the same.