One thing to also remember is that "Christ said "The poor will always be with us " I contend that so will the sick ! Its not a perfect world. We are all supposed to earn our own way ,its our road to Calvary. We are supposed to follow Our Lord, he was not rich ,did not have govt. handout. Did not have medi-care. It would be great if everyone had life easy ,but thats not reality .
We can do some things to help others but then you have to pause sometime and ask yourself am i really hurting or helping this person.
When Christ said not "The poor will always be with us " but
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"For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good:
but me you have not always." [Mark 14:7]
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For the poor you have always with you:
but me you have not always." [Matthew 26:11]
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"For the poor you have always with you;
but me you have not always." [John 12:8]
He was correcting those who begrudged the wasting of money on expensive ointment for His burial.
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I don't see how this can be construed as an argument against socialised medicine, which BTW is not necessarily socialism. Understanding the difference seems to be problematic. On a personal note my experience of socialised medicine has generally been far more satisfactory than my experiences of private medicine.