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Act_of_Reparation

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19. Less than 1/3 of them.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #16)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 12:53 PM

Jun 2019

Not everyone has the resources to go shopping for a hospital. Not everyone has the resources to travel long distances to get treatment there. Not everyone has the luxury of waiting for a public hospital to be built near them.

We do have the luxury of setting terms for religious hospitals that receive public funding (like, you know, pretty much all of them).

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Chamarro vs Dignity Health -catholic interference in the US HealthCare system. [View all] AtheistCrusader Jun 2019 OP

I have also posted about this before. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #1

There are barely any public hospitals anywhere. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #3

Your contribution to dialogue? eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #5

Your failure to recognize instruction is an ongoing issue. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #6

So the people who live in those areas are just fucked, then? trotsky Jun 2019 #4

The alternative is to open public hospitals. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #8

Wow, such compassion and empathy for the people who are denied their medical choices. trotsky Jun 2019 #9

You DO recognize that what I wrote is the obvious answer, correct? guillaumeb Jun 2019 #10

No, it's not the obvious answer. And fuck your narrative bullshit. Knock it the fuck off already. trotsky Jun 2019 #11

Yes, the narrative meme. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #12

I said fuck your narrative bullshit. trotsky Jun 2019 #13

Eloquence. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #15

You get exactly the replies you have earned. trotsky Jun 2019 #17

More framing. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #18

You've painted the awful picture yourself. trotsky Jun 2019 #21

Self awareness is critical to an observer. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #22

Which is why many people frame your arguments properly, to help you become more self-aware. trotsky Jun 2019 #23

As I expected. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #26

Good. trotsky Jun 2019 #30

No, you wrote the obvious ideal situation. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #14

We do have public hospitals. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #16

Less than 1/3 of them. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #19

Very true. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #20

Even IF we had the political will, building a hospital takes time. trotsky Jun 2019 #24

What do you tell them? guillaumeb Jun 2019 #27

I tell them the RCC hurt them overnight. Because in most cases, it did. trotsky Jun 2019 #31

No, the alternative is to remove the privilege from religion-owned hospitals. MineralMan Jun 2019 #25

If most hospitals are owned by various religious orders, guillaumeb Jun 2019 #28

No, it doesnt. MineralMan Jun 2019 #29

What a horrific answer edhopper Jun 2019 #32

But everywhere there are states. States have laws. AtheistCrusader Jun 2019 #7

They seek total control. If they can't get it one way, they'll try another way. MineralMan Jun 2019 #2