Medi-share

Take a gander at the new possibilities our market economy has to offer. This is an actal ad I recieved this morning, and it got me to thinking...

"Medi-Share is Proven
For over 17 years, Medi-Share participants have been helping one another through medical bill sharing-over $500 million has been shared and discounted! It's God's way of helping His people care for one another while providing healthcare that works.
Medi-Share is Sensible
With options to fit every budget, and even an incentive available for our healthier participants, Medi-Share is a great option for Christians who don't want to be left alone to pay their medical bills.
Medi-Share is Good Stewardship
Medi-Share is Good Stewardship. Medi-Share is for Christians who want their healthcare dollars to help fellow believers who are living the same lifestyles they are, based on biblical principles and service to others."

Imagine if you will, a retelling of the Good Samaritan parable...

Jesus is talking with a young man about how to be "justified"-

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
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.’
Unfortunately, the good samaritan had "Medi-share coverage", which wouldn't cover care for people outside his own sect of Judaism, and so he was denied coverage. The inn keeper had to sue him for failure to reimburse. The inn keeper called the 1 800 number and tried to explain about how the Samaratin had found the poor man and how he had been attacked. The associate on the help line explained that "we provide help only for those living the same lifestyles we live by, based on biblical principles and service to others like ourselves."
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, "Medi-share is my choice for health insurance. They are excellent stewards of our money and and there's even an incentive available for our healthier participants!
Jesus wept.