Just going by my experiences
Posted By: You contradicted yourself on 2008-10-16
In Reply to: Beg to differ - sorry you have that picture.....sm
I grew up 7 years in an episcopal church, then 5 years in a methodist church, 3 years in a catholic church with studies to convert from methodist to catholic. Then I spent 1 year going to catholic services in the military, then 1 year going to protestant services in the military, then 1 year going to mormon services in the military. After that I spent the next 10 years going to jewish services, baptist services, non-denominational services, a more mormon services, and lastly charismatic services. So I would say I've got a pretty good idea of what they teach at all the churches I've been to. The final straw was the baptist and charismatic services where they changed bible versus to fit their way of life. When I pulled out my King James Bible and my New American Standard Bible, the versus were different. Not just a word or two, the entire meaning was different. That and just listening to the leader of the church talk about whatever he was talking about - the hair on my neck stood up and I refused to go back after that. Now I search out the truth for myself and have found myself a more spiritual person than I ever was sitting through those weekly doses of brain-washing and walking around with the glassy-eyed look that most have.
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2 first hand experiences
1) In London, many many years ago when my then husband was a chemical engineer working in the Middle East (we were on vacation in London) I became sick and a friend took me to a clinic. I saw a doctor, had tests, 1 xray, got medications and walked out. I kept asking "where do I pay, who do I pay?" and they said, it is free and I was not even a British citizen.
2) As far as insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies go...there is the crux of the problem. When we moved here to Tennessee, I went all over the place trying to get some assistance with my medication bills which had cost me close to $500 per month in Florida. I was not poor enough to qualify for any supplementals, and could not afford $500 a month (I had cut down to the 3 meds I really needed in Florida and just did without the other 2). Anyway, eventually, due to East Tennessee being a poor part of the state and people going without here a lot, certain pharmacies have cut almost all their overhead and have the least expensive of all medications. These are small "mom and pop" places, completely legal and above board, in fact, most are across the street from hospitals for convenience. What once cost me $500 for all 5 RXs now costs me $68. What does that tell you about pharmaceutical companies. I have a hard time believing the insurance companies are any better. Quite a profit margin I would say.
I have seen the stories about people going to India. They say the cost of flying, medical attention and aftercare is still less than it is here and that they can see a doctor of their choosing at a hospital of their choosing. It was on 20/20 or 60 minutes.
A degree or life experiences surely
didn't help Dubya.
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