By whatever insurance plan, the biblical role of government in health care is much more limited than now exists in U.S. There is insufficient space to defend this controversial assertion here. The reader is referred to such biblical texts as Romans 13:1-7 and 1 Peter 2:13-14 for statements regarding the purpose of government. I fail to find any biblical warrant for a government role in the provision of individual medical care. A warrant for public health measures could be made from Old Testament texts. Whereas public health concerns may include such issues as environmental carcinogens, they do not include whether to irradiate Aunt Mae's bone cancer, whether she should be admitted to a hospital, or whether she should be put on expensive intravenous hyperalimentation if the time comes when she cannot eat.
Christians who insist upon government involvement in such issues must not only show the biblical basis for the government involvement, they must show how to constrain the government to obey God’s law in managing individual cases. A government which will sanction millions of abortions, which usurps family authority to teach and discipline children, which allows experimentation with human embryos, etc., is not trustworthy to look after Aunt Mae's best interests.
Excerpt from "Ethical Issues in Medical Insurance"
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