The one my doctor prefers to associate with.
What is sometimes overlooked is that Doctor preference can also be an
indicator of what are the better hospitals.
If you have a family physician and he only chooses to associate with
one particular hospital there must be a reason.
Other than that I would usually prefer the religious associated hospital.
Oh do not blame the reformation for the disassociating of the church
from social service. It simply advocated the separation of Church
and government. (Do you really want the Pope appointing governmental leaders?)
The movement toward governmental oversight of social problems and
welfare was a growth of government in the late 1800's.
Many church movements spawned by the reformation dedicated themselves
toward social improvement and involvement including John Wesley
(Methodism.) The reformation has been blamed for a lot of our social
ills, but we only have ourselves to blame.
Resettlement of Refugees after WW2? Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services.
Orphanages? Catholic Church in the US, Anglican church in Canada.
Schools? Largest parochial school systems in US, (Also oldest)
Catholics and Lutherans.
The government in the guise of trying to protect us has taken over
many of these programs by increasing regulation that forces out
private and parochial institutions.
It is not just Neo-Cons that propose this. It is also those who
crave wealth. Many of the current crop of Democrats would not have
the wealth they do without Big Business and its benefits.
Stewart
At 10:05 AM 9/26/2007, you wrote:
The idea that the government should respond to social problems was a
product of the Reformation, part of the process of sidelining the church.
Then the neo-cons decided that big business was a better substitute for
big religion. Events have amply demonstrated that business is not suited
to the task.
Given the choice of three hospitals and knowing only that one was run by
a government agency, one was run by a for-profit corporation, and one was
run by a religious-charitable organization, which would your choose?
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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