To say that health-care is a community decision is to say that one person should pay for the choices of other. No, not should pay, but must pay for others' choices.
It would be entirely consistent with the Christian message to say that individuals should voluntarily chose to help those in need, but it is entirely inconsistent with the Christian message to say that people in the community MUST be forced to help those in need. This is an important distinction that seems to get ignored a good part of the time.
So - health care is not a community decision, health care is an individual decision.
- Individuals must make their own choices about their lifestyle, and suffer or enjoy the consequences.
- Individuals must make their own choices about their diets, exercise, etc. and refrain from forcing others to pay for their decisions.
- Individuals - and this is where Christ showed us a great example - must make their own voluntary choices about when to help those in need, and how much of their own resources to give to those in need (because of bad luck or bad decisions). What a great place for Christians to take the lead!
My health care is not a community decision.
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