Amish, Muslims to be excused from Obamacare mandate?

American Thinker ^ | March 24, 2010 | Wordwayze

[Rashputin]

Apparently, this exemption will apply similarly to believers in Islam, which considers health insurance - and, for that matter, any form of risk insurance - to be haraam (forbidden).

[ataDude]

Why are we surprised?

[bgill]

My new name is King Obama. Maybe I can get in on some of those 39 social security payments and government kickbacks and fancy vacations.

[Revelation 911]

it wouldnt take much to establish a mennonite denomination that is every bit the same as any mainline protestant denomination except that your tenets disallow government insurance

Mennonites are from the same tree as amish folk - heck baptists are too for that matter

[Rashputin]

They do something else that they don’t call insurance, but which handles the costs.

Run by their Mosque or Imman? The thing is, if they are exempt from paying, they sure won't be exempted from making use of the medical system without paying. There are plenty of Muslims who do all their routine health care through clinics and/or the emergency room. Major stuff, they pay or someone in their Mosque shows up with a check to take care of things. From what you're saying, I guess the person from the Mosque isn't passing out charity as much as paying out the Islamic alternative to insurance. I'm going to dig around and see whether it's just the most strict Muslims who live by that rule or all of them. Interesting any way it goes, really, because you know that if they're not exempt someone will sue to make allow them an exemption if the Amish are exempted.

Thanks for the info,

Regards Regards

[70th Division]

Well the Muslims still are showing up in the E.R. you can trust me on that.

[SueRae]

Mine is Mohammed Stoltzfuz (got both bases covered)

[tractorman]

I was thinking my would be Lew Alcindor, Bobby Moore or Cassius Clay.

[Buckeye McFrog]

so he is saying if I get hit by a Muslim driver on the Beltway I am SOL?

[highlander_UW]

That is an option. I believe the Mennonite church is one that is excluded from Obamacare and I haven't seen anything from their statement of faith that I disagree with, although I haven't read everything yet.

[Pecos]

That’s something I can get behind!

[libertarian27]

That settles it: I’m putting Muslim on my Census :>)

[Constitutions Grandchild]

“Secondly: It is not permissible for the Muslim to get involved with insurance companies by working in administration or otherwise, because working in them comes under the heading of cooperating in sin and transgression, and Allaah forbids that as He says: ‘but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment.’ “

Wish Catholic Hospitals (and other health providers who have a “moral” objection to abortion, embryonic stem cell and infertility requiring in vitro fertilization) could cut the same deal. Then the rest of the world could go to hell in a hand-basket and other than point out their ultimate destination, we wouldn't have to deal with them.

[autumnraine]

American Thinker is a ‘semi-satire’ site?

No, this isn’t satire and they do not purchase insurance the same as they do not take interest based loans.

[autumnraine]

They don’t have a religious law against GOVERNMENT PAID FOR healthcare, only purchasing an insurance policy from an insurance company.

[T Minus Four]

My new name is Achmed Yoder. Ha!

[Will88]

And the US government will also never pay or subsidize the health care of any Moslem?, since Obamacare is all one big coerced insurance scheme?

[jcsjcm]

Maybe this is why BO is exempt from this insurance fraud! It is against his religion and his families!

[autumnraine]

Medicaid.

Since they don’t “pay” for Medicaid, it’s acceptable.

Seriously, did ANYONE read this article? I have read four posts that are answered in the article.

[Flycatcher]

You forgot Barry Soetero.

[Professional Engineer]

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