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"Well, I'm around a lot of sick folks in the work of my ministry and most of them have decent healthcare because they are retired and have Medicare with one or more private supplemental policies. But what do you do before you retire? I have been with some folks who I suspect didn't get what they needed because they didn't have insurance and some may have died as a result because they waited around too long to get treatment. I'm like you, what real meaning does "...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness..." have if one has no right to healthcare. If we are truly desirous of being compassionate toward others why would we deny them the right to healthcare?"
7/14/2009 - 08:59 PM

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"Globalgal, I forgot to say the other day that I really appreciated what you had to say about healthcare in places other than the US and specifically South Texas. Your actual experiences in Canada and Spain are a more valuable measure of what a regulated healthcare system looks like than all the libertarian rantings I saw on that particular comment string. I think it is important to get more real perspectives on the issue rather than merely rehashes of Rush, Glenn, Sean & Michael Savage. Thanks for an intelligent post."
7/14/2009 - 07:45 PM

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"GlobalGal, Thanks for the tips on html. I saw that you worked in cardiology units in Victoria. If you don't mind me asking, when was that and which hopsital was it? I'm from Victoria originally and have been the pastor of the Crescent Valley Baptist Church since 1998 and I have done A LOT of hospital visitation over the ensuing 11 years and just wondered if I have ever run across you in the course of my ministry."
6/4/2009 - 08:59 AM