It’s no secret that religious institutions control a significant portion of hospitals and the healthcare industry. Just in Dallas (where I live) we have Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Catholic institutions.
It’s also no surprise that those in charge of these institutions are vehemently anti-choice. As I’m sure you remember, a nun in Phoenix was excommunicated earlier this year for providing life-saving care (aka abortion) to a woman.
Wait, what? She got kicked out of the church for saving a life? That doesn’t sound like any church that I’d want to be involved in, and brings up another point. What happens if I’m dying and no one will help me?
Even people who are against healthcare reform realize that insurance companies regularly screw over decent hard working people all the time. Insurance companies take exploitation another level of women. This week there has been a lot of talk about how insurance companies in several states consider domestic violence a pre-existing condition. This is a ridiculous policy, but is unfortunately not the only way women are abused by the system.
