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View Post: the priest will charge you now « weird things
5 Nov 2009 by gfish  
Then you sure won't be if a little known and rarely mentioned provision in the Senate version of the healthcare bill passes and your insurance premiums are going to have to cover patients who eschew doctors in favor of faith healing. ...
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View Post: JHU urge govt to arrest faith healing pastors « Sinhale Hot News
6 Nov 2009 by suranimala  
The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday called on the Government to take steps to arrest the pastors who are engaged in faith healing activities saying their operations are a threat to 'religious harmony' in the country. ...
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View Post: Pushing Rope: Senate Health Care Provision Backs Faith Healing
5 Nov 2009 by Michael Hussey  
The Senate version is allocating tax dollars for faith healing. The U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health found Christian Scientists have a higher death rate. I feel better if Christian Scientists don't pray ...
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View Post: Clerical Whispers: Faith healer may be probed by Revenue
20 hours ago by Sotto Voce  
Faith healer may be probed by Revenue. SELF-professed clairvoyant Joe Coleman faces a potential Revenue probe on foot of allegations that he receives 'donations' of up to €60 in return for faith healing. ...
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View Post: Faith healing on the US taxpayer - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist
22 Oct 2009 by Julian Richards  
If I want an insurance policy that covers faith healing, I'll go out and buy it. If I don't want it, I won't buy it and I'll use my money on something better. Don't let some bureaucrat in Washington tell you that you have to pay taxes ...
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View Post: Prayer Cult Nation: Faith-healing scams & healthcare reform
6 Nov 2009 by podcast@afro-netizen.com (The Afro-Netizen)  
According to the Christian Science Church, a faith healing internship takes the form of an “'intensive' two-week class instruction in Christian Science healing” after which practitioners “may take patients. ...
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View Post: Faith healing in health care reform---blogs had the story first
3 Nov 2009
The mainstream media is finally catching on to a disturbing story--the insertion of faith-healing and other non-scientific practices into health care reform. Health bloggers have been on this story for a while, showing us that Senate ...
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View Post: Faith Healing Does Not Prevent Death From H1N1 Influenza
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23 Oct 2009 by Fred Moolten   ...
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