Man, he looks just like Peter Griffin from family guy! My wife and I saw Michael Moore's "Sicko" this past weekend.. Now, before the political types go for their shotguns, hear me out.. I'm not a bleeding heart liberal, nor am I a staunch conservative... I typically just go with the guy who seems to be the better candidate at the time, regardless of party affiliation.. But we'll save that discussion for another day.. This was my very first Michael Moore film, and we went into it not looking for a purely factual account, but merely as entertainment.. About the same way one goes to a wrestling event, not to watch any real fighting, but to see a soap opera for men, more or less.. Its only entertainment.. With that in mind, I really liked the film. It made some interesting points, although I cannot confirm the validity of any of it...Looking at some of the things in the film made me wonder about our health care system. I have never had the privilege of visiting any other countries. But the film definitely made me wonder if we'd be better off moving to Canada! don't get me wrong, I enjoy living in the states. But, I work a full time job, and I run a part time computer repair business (which I hope to make full time within the next year) to take care of my family of five, self included.. Yet I cannot afford health insurance... My employer offers it, but the premiums for family coverage are higher than we can pay for and still keep electricity on in the house and food on the table.. At present, we have gone several years without health insurance and have done well.. But at the back of my mind, I often play "what if".. Sure we can afford to pay cash for an occasional office visit.. We very seldom visit the doctor.. But if something were to happen, I'm not sure what I'd do. We have lived on faith for quite a while.. Its quite a scary journey. I'm not perfect, sometimes its hard to trust God, to believe in what we have in our hearts versus what we see right in front of us. You know, though, even after we get insurance, we should STILL rely on God to keep us healthy. I mean, he has done a great job so far, and it hasn't cost us any monthly premiums! Maybe I can afford more than I think I can.. I mean, His plan is already paid for, Jesus took care of that for me already!
Something to think about.. Where is our trust really? Is it in insurance companies whose primary interest is making money? I mean, they are a business, after all. Is our trust in money? In the health care system? In people? Hopefully not, because each of these have proven to us time and time again that they will fail us at some point. Yet God is always there.. Things may not happen when we want and the way we want, but He is always on time. And he may not provide what we want all the time, but we get what we need.. Perhaps learning the difference between want and need is a good starter.... Sounds a bit like a previous post..
God bless,
-myk
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