When the Right Looks Left the Local Church Gets Left Right Out #GCR
We need health care reform. The problem is we do not need health care reform earned with sweetheart deals that have nothing to do with said reform but more to do with garnering votes. Some of my friends chide Christians for being against health care reform. And, there are some who may well think the system is fine just as it is. It is not. On the other hand in an attempt to get “something done” we may end up with a poor “ship” to borrow from Godin’s new book Linchpin. In other words in Godin’s description of leadership and projects, the thrashing seems to be coming too late. Should have begun much earlier. The result will be a poor product. Now the problem at this point is that we begin to panic and think we should do nothing until we are sure of something. That gets us no-where either.
In the spirit of interesting analogies, Missioscapes contributor and former SBC Outpost contributor, considers the parallels of the health care debate and the current GCR Task Force Preliminary Report and its implications.
March 18, 2010
Similarities Between Health Care Reform and the #GCR of Southern Baptists
America is bracing for a vote this weekend on Health Care Reform. No one really knows what is in the bill and the entire process is complicated beyond belief. If you ask most Americans the question, “Do we need health care reform?”, most people would say yes. I think that we need some level of reform to a system that sees premiums continue to go up and up while coverage continues to go down. It is not good for small businesses or for families to continue to pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars a month for health insurance that still does not cover everything, does not accept prior conditions, and that is often not transferable. Who doesn’t think that the system needs fixing on some level while medical costs continue to skyrocket? I have yet to meet anyone.
However, just because you think that the system needs attention because of skyrocketing costs does not mean that you accept the proposals that the Democrats are putting forward. Read more…
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