Amish will be exempt from insurance mandate

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The Amish, as well as some other religious sects, are covered by a "religious conscience" exemption, which allows people with religious objections to insurance to opt out of the mandate. It is in both the House and Senate versions of the bill, making its appearance in the final version routine unless there are last-minute objections.

Although the Amish consist of several branches, some more conservative than others, they generally rely upon a community ethic that disdains government assistance. Families rely upon one another, and communities pitch in to help neighbors pay health care expenses.

Watertown Daily Times | Amish families exempt from insurance mandate

"The Amish, as well as some other religious sects" Hmmm. Are some religions more equal than others? Wouldn't the abortion fee allow for a "religious exemption"?

 

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Yeppers. Those sorts of folks just wish the damned govt would go away.

These folks too.

"A private reserve, Monteverde plays home to Costa Rica’s Quaker community that migrated there from the US in the 1950’s. This was mainly because the Quakers refused to register for the war draft of 1949. One of the reasons why the Quaker community chose to stay in Costa Rica was because of this country’s peaceful philosophies. Easily adapting to their new home in Monteverde, the initial Quaker settlers entered into the dairy farming and cheese making business. Today, the cheese from Monteverde is some of the best in the country and is sold far and wide.

The Quakers have played a huge role in developing Monteverde into the region it is. Firm believers in conservation, the community together with the help of organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy, were able to raise money and started buying off huge hectares of the cloud forest in 1972, to protect this habitat from being destroyed or overdeveloped."............by greedy gringo dirtbags from the Mpyre