What a question to contemplate shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled ObamaCare to be classified as a “tax” to the people. My position is to find out what position Our Heavenly Father takes and adapt it as well. After all, HE created the universe and everyone in it. What better source of wisdom than the Creator Himself. Jesus Christ set Himself apart early in His ministry by healing all manner of sickness and disease among the people:
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 25 Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. (NKJV)
What did Jesus charge for healing the people? I have found nowhere in Scripture where He accepted money for healing. The Son of the Most High GOD set a standard of healthcare for the entire earth. Today, however, men have created an alternative healthcare system based primarily of pharmaceutical regimens. Doctors practice alternative medicine. This is based on the premise that Scripture provides the primary method of healthcare.
The alternative system of healthcare is quite lucrative. There is an infrastructure created worth billions if not trillions to promote this alternative healthcare system. This system is based on the assumption that Our Heavenly Father is no longer in the healing business. It also assumes that you should pay for health and that not all men, women, and children are entitled to live healthy lives unless they are willing to pay. If you are broke and destitute you will probably suffer with chronic health issues. If you receive healthcare and can’t pay, you may be saddled with a debt or claim that will follow you for an extended period of time. After all, Congress made it more difficult to file a “jubilee” bankruptcy. I wonder who supported that bill? Certainly not the poor.
The current system is all about enslavement. Do you have severe allergies? If so, take an allergy shot once per month to manage your condition. Let’s assume that it costs $200 per month to see the doctor and pay for the shot. Over a twenty year period, you are looking at about $50,000 to manage your symptoms. Whether you paid the cost or your insurance paid the cost, you still ultimately are paying for symptom management. Most pharmaceuticals are in the “symptom-masking” business. They are not designed to heal but to relieve or mask the pain. Why did Our Heavenly Father design our bodies to experience pain? It was to alert us of an issue that needed to be resolved.
Is healing a gift from Above or is it an industry designed to generate profits?
If you have the gift of healing, should people pay you to facilitate the outcome of health? If healing is a gift, how can you charge for something you paid nothing for? Did you add value to the healing? Was the healing based on your input in any way? If you operate in the gift of healing, how should you expect to earn a living to pay your bills? If you charge for healing, will this disqualify the poor from this gift?
Who should fund those who are called to a healing ministry? The poor certainly cannot do it. Many of those with substantial assets are too greedy to write a check. They are more interested in building bigger barns than to focus on mankind’s need for a better quality of life.
I believe that all mankind is entitled to healthcare. However, I don’t believe that the current alternative system is the solution. Why should I pay for a system that focuses on treating the symptoms rather than addressing the problem? How much different is this methodology than enabling a drug addict? One has an immediate negative impact on society where the other has a subtle but even greater impact. Think about it.