{"id":5963,"date":"2009-10-04T16:05:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T16:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/10\/the-moral-ambiguity-of-present.html"},"modified":"2009-10-04T16:05:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T16:05:54","slug":"the-moral-ambiguity-of-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/10\/the-moral-ambiguity-of-present.html","title":{"rendered":"The Moral Ambiguity of Present Health Care Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: black;font-size: medium;line-height: 24px\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/04\/opinion\/04kristof.html?emc=eta1\">Nicholas Kristof<\/a>, of the <i>NYTimes. <b>Who has faced this sort of situation? Any response to Kristof&#8217;s article?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">So what would you do if your mom or dad, or perhaps your sister or brother, needed a kidney donation and you were the one best positioned to donate?<\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Most of us would worry a little and then step forward.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Georgia, serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;line-height: 24px\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">But not so fast. Because of our dysfunctional health insurance system, a disgrace that nearly half of all members of Congress seem determined to cling to, stepping up to save a loved one can ruin your own chance of ever getting health insurance.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Georgia, serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;line-height: 24px\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">That wrenching trade-off is another reminder of the moral bankruptcy of our existing insurance system. It&#8217;s one more reason to pass robust reform this year.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Nicholas Kristof, of the NYTimes. Who has faced this sort of situation? Any response to Kristof&#8217;s article? 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