Comments on: Truly Fair and Reasonable by Reverend Hurmon Hamilton http://commonhealth.wbur.org/rev-hurmon-hamilton/2007/07/truly-fair-and-reasonable-by-reverend-hurmon-hamilton/ CommonHealth Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Widlricp http://commonhealth.wbur.org/rev-hurmon-hamilton/2007/07/truly-fair-and-reasonable-by-reverend-hurmon-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-8616 Widlricp Fri, 08 May 2009 10:44:55 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/weblogs/commonhealth/?p=168#comment-8616 nXEdEO comment4 , nXEdEO comment4 ,

]]> By: Pat http://commonhealth.wbur.org/rev-hurmon-hamilton/2007/07/truly-fair-and-reasonable-by-reverend-hurmon-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 Pat Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:00:42 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/weblogs/commonhealth/?p=168#comment-2945 "We see individuals from an overburden middle class, many like the widow in the text above - barely making it, but mandated by law to put in their little bit – and are beginning to do so." I think the overburdened middle class is being forced to put in more than "their little bit". A better analogy to Mark 12:41-43 and what has happened to Massachusetts Law is that it is as if Jesus took a stick to the poor woman and demanded she give as much as the rich. For the middle incomes, we are being told we must pay just as much as the rich or else be fined and receive no health care. One generation is literally demanding that the next sacrifice their future because of an obsessive fear of death and suffering. “We see individuals from an overburden middle class, many like the widow in the text above – barely making it, but mandated by law to put in their little bit – and are beginning to do so.”

I think the overburdened middle class is being forced to put in more than “their little bit”. A better analogy to Mark 12:41-43 and what has happened to Massachusetts Law is that it is as if Jesus took a stick to the poor woman and demanded she give as much as the rich. For the middle incomes, we are being told we must pay just as much as the rich or else be fined and receive no health care.

One generation is literally demanding that the next sacrifice their future because of an obsessive fear of death and suffering.

]]> By: Ann E Malone, RN, MSN http://commonhealth.wbur.org/rev-hurmon-hamilton/2007/07/truly-fair-and-reasonable-by-reverend-hurmon-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 Ann E Malone, RN, MSN Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:54:00 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/weblogs/commonhealth/?p=168#comment-2888 FYI I cared for people (whom I continue to hold in my heart and in my thoughts) as a home care nurse for over 10 years in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, the South End and other Boston neighborhoods, so it is just the people -- uninsured and in need of care -- that Rev H. refers to who inspire me to say the things that I say and to do the health care justice work that I and others do. FYI I cared for people (whom I continue to hold in my heart and in my thoughts) as a home care nurse for over 10 years in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, the South End and other Boston neighborhoods, so it is just the people — uninsured and in need of care — that Rev H. refers to who inspire me to say the things that I say and to do the health care justice work that I and others do.

]]> By: Ann E Malone, RN, MSN http://commonhealth.wbur.org/rev-hurmon-hamilton/2007/07/truly-fair-and-reasonable-by-reverend-hurmon-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 Ann E Malone, RN, MSN Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:27:51 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/weblogs/commonhealth/?p=168#comment-2882 How sad that a person such as Rev. Hamilton is cow-towing to the profit-driven insurance companies... This causes one to ponder: Who funds the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization - Blue Cross Blue Shield, perhaps? (Rev. H's statement above: "We applaud Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Company for announcing on Friday that they will reverse their initial plan to lower the minimum standard...") People, we can do SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS; now is the time for the good people of Massachusetts to step up and carry this issue forward. -- It is a human rights and a civil rights issue of urgent concern. -- Thank you. Please visit these sites to learn more about state health justice work: http://www.DefendHealth.org and http://www.MassCare.org/about How sad that a person such as Rev. Hamilton is cow-towing to the profit-driven insurance companies… This causes one to ponder: Who funds the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization – Blue Cross Blue Shield, perhaps?

(Rev. H’s statement above: “We applaud Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Company for announcing on Friday that they will reverse their initial plan to lower the minimum standard…”)

People, we can do SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS; now is the time for the good people of Massachusetts to step up and carry this issue forward. — It is a human rights and a civil rights issue of urgent concern. — Thank you.

Please visit these sites to learn more about state health justice work:

http://www.DefendHealth.org
and
http://www.MassCare.org/about

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