tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post8291608848998639963..comments2024-03-29T08:47:27.116-05:00Comments on Bates Family Blog: Bates Updates and Pictures | Gil and Kelly | 19 Kids | Bringing Up Bates | UP TV: Lawson Returns from the PhilippinesLily and Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00941253435533935093noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-78150098047436628172020-03-05T01:18:07.827-06:002020-03-05T01:18:07.827-06:00Hospitals love it when people fly in from overseas...Hospitals love it when people fly in from overseas for medical treatment. Usually these are wealthy people who can afford to pay for treatment. Would you rather receive $100,000 from a foreign heart patient, or $24,000 from some US health insurance company? Cash payers foot the bill for less fortunate Americans who need treatment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-61099132872961470302020-03-05T01:15:23.008-06:002020-03-05T01:15:23.008-06:00Lots of people pay cash. Everyone who has Samarita...Lots of people pay cash. Everyone who has Samaritan Ministries (the popular cost-sharing program that many Christians to pay for medical bills) pays cash. Everyone who has Medishare pays cash. Everyone who lacks health insurance pays cash. Foreign patients like Esther pay cash. People who are declined by their health insurance but still want treatment pay cash. That's how they can afford those who don't pay their bills! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-73808786168946804022020-03-04T20:12:03.841-06:002020-03-04T20:12:03.841-06:00@11:09- I cannot believe your statement is a fact...@11:09- I cannot believe your statement is a fact. How many people do you personally know that have paid cash when hospitalized? I no no one who has paid cash. So, I’m thinking the percentage of hospital patients paying cash is too small to improve a hospital’s bottom line!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-31892319703242373432020-03-03T10:45:34.007-06:002020-03-03T10:45:34.007-06:00Where does Jesus say you should only help those in...Where does Jesus say you should only help those in your own country? If he doesn't say that, you are making up your own rules. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-46067880647352018302020-03-02T23:11:18.947-06:002020-03-02T23:11:18.947-06:00Because no one was helping Esther in the Phillippi...Because no one was helping Esther in the Phillippines. That's why. He didnt want her to die. You apparently feel differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-35338085784002613042020-03-02T23:09:44.412-06:002020-03-02T23:09:44.412-06:00When someone pays cash, it means the hospital has ...When someone pays cash, it means the hospital has more money to take patients who don't pay full price. They are also free to offer deals to those using Samaritan. They can do that because cash patients improve their bottom lineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-32411951993777047942020-03-02T23:08:06.036-06:002020-03-02T23:08:06.036-06:00If Lawson did that, Esther would die. That's w...If Lawson did that, Esther would die. That's what's wrong with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-33652572811442210972020-03-01T18:53:15.582-06:002020-03-01T18:53:15.582-06:00Anyone who criticizes a man helping a critically i...Anyone who criticizes a man helping a critically ill child has very serious problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-67719742595408088192020-03-01T17:35:15.480-06:002020-03-01T17:35:15.480-06:00@10:23 please clarify how one person paying cash a...@10:23 please clarify how one person paying cash all free health care to others???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-19972397364143165682020-03-01T17:34:13.273-06:002020-03-01T17:34:13.273-06:00@6:49-I didn’t say Jesus said “Charity begins at h...@6:49-I didn’t say Jesus said “Charity begins at home”.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-61082122222255135152020-03-01T17:31:23.728-06:002020-03-01T17:31:23.728-06:00It’s just great that Lawson connected with this pa...It’s just great that Lawson connected with this particular girl and is helping her get the medical care she desperately needs. What is wrong with being and American and putting needy Americans first? Do we ever hear of other country’s missionaries helping an American? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-43700450921656566282020-03-01T17:25:33.809-06:002020-03-01T17:25:33.809-06:00The point is why not mission here in the USA? The point is why not mission here in the USA? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-492378514285282482020-03-01T14:12:40.941-06:002020-03-01T14:12:40.941-06:00I find it so strange that some people feel the nee...I find it so strange that some people feel the need to criticize someone who is helping someone in need. We ALL should be following his example and find someone to help in whatever way we are able. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-54414281702444162612020-03-01T08:46:01.585-06:002020-03-01T08:46:01.585-06:009:29, the phrase about charity beginning at home i...9:29, the phrase about charity beginning at home is a pretty literal one. If you don't treat your own family right but you're helping others, you have your priorities backwards. That's what that means. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-48641358128338699252020-03-01T08:44:24.366-06:002020-03-01T08:44:24.366-06:005:26, why does it seem nicer to start at home? Why...5:26, why does it seem nicer to start at home? Why does it matter where a needy person is from or what order you help needy people in? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-33704012567997230822020-02-29T18:50:52.926-06:002020-02-29T18:50:52.926-06:00Why does it matter? Is Esther worth less than an A...Why does it matter? Is Esther worth less than an American child? Would Jesus agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-79380496036484289562020-02-29T18:49:40.241-06:002020-02-29T18:49:40.241-06:00Jesus did not say that charity begins at home.Jesus did not say that charity begins at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-73887617494744545872020-02-29T16:51:24.140-06:002020-02-29T16:51:24.140-06:00Has anyone here raised money to save a child's...Has anyone here raised money to save a child's life and arranged for a life-saving operation? I suspect the criticizers have done nothingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-10410282091346354492020-02-29T13:14:24.537-06:002020-02-29T13:14:24.537-06:00They have showed him at the children’s hospital in...They have showed him at the children’s hospital in Knoxville many times. I know there was a special little boy that was on the show a couple of times. He met him in the hospital. I think he had cancer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-69538315960599142282020-02-29T10:47:37.713-06:002020-02-29T10:47:37.713-06:00Esther would die without Lawson's care. WWJD? ...Esther would die without Lawson's care. WWJD? Would he only help Galilean children and let Esther die because she's Phllippino?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-52680007852237457502020-02-28T21:29:07.440-06:002020-02-28T21:29:07.440-06:00It seems like many of you commenting are missing t...It seems like many of you commenting are missing the point about Lawson helping Ester. I understand questioning why Lawson was in the Philippines doing charitable work when right in his own country there is much to do. Charity, after all, begins at home!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-27736429480930882892020-02-28T21:25:31.119-06:002020-02-28T21:25:31.119-06:00Can’t think of any specific episode showing Lawson...Can’t think of any specific episode showing Lawson helping an American child’s health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-27470117537928408562020-02-28T21:23:57.147-06:002020-02-28T21:23:57.147-06:00@713: what other children?@713: what other children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-55883104304974586492020-02-28T21:23:07.248-06:002020-02-28T21:23:07.248-06:00@6:07 Because he hasn’t publicly announced any dom...@6:07 Because he hasn’t publicly announced any domestic charitable work in children’s health!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-16473156646537190352020-02-28T16:46:30.892-06:002020-02-28T16:46:30.892-06:00@10:36 AM Nope, NEVER....@10:36 AM Nope, NEVER....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com