The Parable of the Good Samaritan:
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Jesus is too liberal for y’all. Definitely don’t go and do likewise.
You can go be like Jesus on your own dime if you care
The state enabling humans to express themselves. Oh God the horror. I wish this were true.
Public health care covers all kinds of public health care, this shouldn’t be news but trans people being treated like anyone else seems to rile up the right.
Public Healthcare shouldn’t exist, let alone should it cover entirely optional procedures for illegals
“I want people to die in the streets, hungry, broke, and suffering”
Republicanism is about hurting the, “right people.” In this case, trans people and the non-wealthy infirmed. Who cares if it costs us more for worse outcomes for everyone?
Why transpeople specifically, and not just non-wealthy people in general?
(A complete side thing, isn’t ‘infirmed’ an old time slur for disabled people?)
Why transpeople specifically
There is a major push on the right to deny trans people rights and medical care. This article was intended to create outrage among them, as it relates to two groups who are popular to vilify: trans people and illegal immigrants, with an implication of wasteful spending as well. Rather than focusing on the benefits of public health care for most people, it singles out minority groups who the author implies are unworthy of receiving it.
isn’t ‘infirmed’ an old time slur for disabled people?
My understanding was that infirmed just means people who are ill, however looking it up just now it evidently has implications of being feeble/weak/elderly that I did not intend.
Trans people have the same rights as everyone else, but I understand that the perception is different. And for the record, illegal immigrants are villians.
As for infirmed, yeah, Ive been caught out a couple times too, it happens. No single person can know everything.
It is non-wealthy people. That is just one service provided. I disagree that we should be paying for cosmetic surgery but it’s not my tax money.
People like you shouldn’t exist.
Well the other part of it is paying for illegal immigrants to get a procedure when citizens don’t get that.
Citizens also qualify for Medi-Cal, I’m not sure where you got the idea they don’t.
I didn’t know that, TIL. Thanks.
The government shouldn’t be paying for cosmetic surgery at all. This is my main concern with universal coverage which I support. They won’t control the cost.
Do you mean elective cosmetic surgery or cosmetic surgery in general? I certainly want my public health care to cover people disfigured in accidents, for example.
That isn’t considered cosmetic. That’s reconstructive.
Then GAC isn’t cosmetic, it’s preventative care.
