Miles Teg
Nuclear Powered Mentat
Specifically, should insurance companies be forced to cover Christian Scientist prayer meetings, like any other medical program?
That's what the senate version of the healthcare bill going through congress would mandate, according to the LA Times. Technically, this simply states that insurance providers may not discriminate against faith based services, but in practice, it's mainly supported by the Christian Scientists.
Now, let's get a little partisan hackery out of the way. It's not democrats throwing away our precious money, since overall, the costs of Christian Scientist "healthcare" is minimal. It's also not Republicans cramming religion down everyone's throat. It's a bipartisan bill, supported by liberal Democrats such as John Kerry as well as conservative Republicans like Orrin Hatch.
With all that covered, do you think insurers should cover this sort of thing? Remember, the IRS allows you to deduct your payments to the CSs as medical expenses.
That's what the senate version of the healthcare bill going through congress would mandate, according to the LA Times. Technically, this simply states that insurance providers may not discriminate against faith based services, but in practice, it's mainly supported by the Christian Scientists.
Now, let's get a little partisan hackery out of the way. It's not democrats throwing away our precious money, since overall, the costs of Christian Scientist "healthcare" is minimal. It's also not Republicans cramming religion down everyone's throat. It's a bipartisan bill, supported by liberal Democrats such as John Kerry as well as conservative Republicans like Orrin Hatch.
With all that covered, do you think insurers should cover this sort of thing? Remember, the IRS allows you to deduct your payments to the CSs as medical expenses.