• Obinice
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    434 days ago

    Religious hospitals? What will they think of next!

    At least in countries that charge patients money for their healthcare, these religious hospitals are free, right? Given how much money Christianity makes in donations, and given that their whole religion is all about helping others for nothing in return and without judgement, it would make sense they’d run free hospitals providing healthcare for all, no matter their situation ♥️

    • Schadrach
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      43 days ago

      At least in countries that charge patients money for their healthcare, these religious hospitals are free, right?

      A few, but not remotely all. It’s really up to the individual hospital.

      Then you’ve got the weird case of St. Jude’s which is somehow not a Catholic hospital despite literally being built as a shrine to St. Jude Thaddeus (patron saint of hopeless causes) by a Catholic man to fulfill a promise he made to build a shrine to St. Jude. St. Jude’s also does not charge patients for treatment, travel, housing, or food though they will bill insurance where possible.