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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 04:02 PM
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Jesus is their healthcare provider
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/oct/01/healthcare-values-voters-summit-cooperatives

Christian conservatives in the US support healthcare co-operatives – but only for deserving, like-minded souls

Angelia Wilson
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 October 2009 13.30 BST

If this seems far-fetched, think again. The "health sharing ministries" of Medi-Share "brings Christians together to share medical bills with one another. … Your healthcare dollars go towards supporting healthy and biblical lifestyles". Each adult member must:

Have a verifiable Christian testimony indicating a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, attend a fellowship of believers, regularly and actively support that ministry and live under the discipline of that body; share the conviction that believers are to bear one another's burdens according to Galatians 6:2; believe the biblical doctrine that their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and therefore are to be kept pure; must not engage in sex outside of traditional Christian marriage; cannot use tobacco or illegal drugs in any form, or abuse legal drugs or alcohol; be a US citizen (those serving abroad as missionaries may qualify).
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 04:05 PM
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1. Who's gonna check on the sex requirements?
Around a hundred years ago, there was a homeopathic health insurance company that offered you great rates as long as you avoided regular medicine and only used homeopathy. Reckon they snooped in trash cans to make sure policyholders weren't cheating with aspirin?
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 04:15 PM
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2. They're always so preoccupied with others sexual habits, they would be flooded with volunteers!
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