Up in the Sky
G-dly healthcare is above all others by proxy and by default since G-d exists in the heavens above this makes perfect sense. Now we do not intend on making light of our Lord and Savior what we intend on doing is impressing upon you the fact that this form of evangelical healthcare has been needed in America for quite some time and currently the interest is at a heightened level and we only intend on poking the fires a little.

Shock Waves of Fear and Doubt
The absence of G-d in healthcare today in America should send shock waves of fear and unbelievable facial expressions on every citizen of these United States of America. You see, as a Christian society we need to get back to the Christian healthcare that mandates goodwill and moral attitude in every action from the physician visit all the way through to the claim payment, which if you stick around and we have loads to say about the way claims are being paid in America today and how they should be paid with alternative healthcare especially through Christian care ministry or some form of evangelical healthcare provider.

Health Care Reform is an important issue but, I believe it’s largely misunderstood. There’s more to Health Care Reform then providing healthcare for the poor. The poor can receive some benefits from welfare and State health programs. The main issue and drive for reform is that working class America is getting less for their dollar in regards to healthcare. Prices are becoming too expensive for the average American, even with insurance. One major illness can wipe out the savings of a working family and force them into bankruptcy. There are caps on coverage and some procedures can remain unreimbused by insurance companies. There are rising premiums, larger deductibles and higher co-pays. I think there’s still some problem with coverage being denied for pre-existing conditions as well. Small businesses often cannot afford to pay health care insurance to their employees and some employees cannot afford to pay for health insurance. The cost of healthcare is contributing to our companies being less competitive in the global markets.

In a way, I think our best option is having government involved because, they are big enough to drive reform. However, I don’t believe this current round of reform will be very successful without a government option.

I think we need to develop more non-profit clinics and if possible, non-profit insurance. It’s not a Christian principle to profit from someone’s misfortune. People shouldn’t have to hire attorneys to get claims paid.

Are there any real solutions out there in church communities? If I’m not a healthcare professional, how can I get involved?

I hope you mean real medical practice and not just laying on of hands and prayer because, the minute these do not work, people will be sued.

I think to be effective as God’s Church; Christians have to be less dependent on corporate America. Only then will Christian values appear to be different and not of this w

The Business Model Is Broken

The current system is pretty good at what we might call “body & fender” work. But they are generally clueless about what’s going on under the hood and addressing the root causes. Here is a short list of the deficiencies:

1) A mechanistic view of the body underlies the system, treating a diseased organ in isolation, like the independent systems of an automobile.

2) This leads to treating symptoms and ignoring the underlying problems creating the symptoms.

3) Treatment of symptoms with drugs fails to address the underlying pathology. Nutrition and natural healing techniques are typically suppressed.

4) Drugs typically have side-effects worse than the disease or its symptoms.

5) Costs are driven into the billions, with money wasted on marketing the alleged benefits of drugs to doctors and the general public.

All of this leads to skyrocketing costs and makes health care generally unavailable without so-called government assistance. The failures of the prevailing business model are legendary and invite government meddling to “fix” the problem with health care reform.

The Government Model Is Lethal

We clearly need health care reform, but we’ll never get it from big government. Government of course, presents itself as the cultural balm to heal all wounds. Instead it is the cultural bomb to wound all heels — the vast majority that refuses to accept responsibility. They expect the government to force somebody else to provide for their health, education and welfare.

The U.S. Constitution – flawed as it is – makes no provision for government health care. More important, there is no provision for government health care in the Bible. Thus, civil government has no business meddling in health care beyond punishing medical malpractice. Anything more is usurping the social function of God and his church, which God will surely punish.

An out-of-control government will exploit a crisis to magnify its power over the private sector, trampling liberty in the process.

The Biblical Model Of True Health Care Reform

The Biblical approach addresses both the mode of healing and the method of delivery. First, we must recognize the church as the God-ordained cultural institution of healing. The words “salvation” and “salve” are derived from the same root. We have seen how the government model and the business model of healing alike are terminal and beyond reviving.

The Levites were assigned a medical responsibility in the Old Testament, which was supported by the tithe. For example, when leprosy infected a person or building they were responsible for dealing with it.

New Testament elders have a similar responsibility for healing duties. Even before consulting a doctor, a sick person is told to summon the elders to pray for him and apply medicinal oil (James 5:14). The operative Greek word is not chrio (annoint), but aleipho (apply). This represents application of the best medical means of the day along with appeal to God as the Great Physician. It is not simply a ceremonial anointing.

Thus, the church must reclaim health care as an aspect of Christian ministry. When profit enters the picture, the best interests of the patient soon take a back seat. Legalized (prescription) drug sales become the driving factor. Civil government gets involved not for profit, but for power. Health care is the proper domain of the church. It is funded by tithes and offerings, so that no one is excluded for lack of means.

The church must gradually reclaim this lost ministry, which the monasteries once performed. At least two things are required: 1) Elders must study to develop a doctrine of medicine so they can recognize quackery and guide their flock away from ineffective practice. 2) Individuals gifted in the healing arts must be funded by the tithe, possibly as part of the deaconate.

Proper mode of delivery is important, but the Bible also requires appropriate means of healing. In general, this points toward abandoning risky drug “therapy” in favor of natural, plant-based remedies. This is according to the pattern of Ezekiel 47:12 where – “Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

Brothers & sisters in Christ!

WHO DISAGREES THAT THERE IS A +90% BIBLICAL ILLITERACY/INFANTCY in every local church of every denomination in the Global Village ?

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