Quote:
Originally Posted by HairyChick
Many people can’t afford the hospital and home care required for healing. MassHealth aka Medicaid has limitations on the payments.
|
I'm not following the rationale on this story. If this is a church which ministers to people who are all so poor that they can't afford a doctor visit or even subsidized health insurance or even to stay home from work (which is presumably closed?), much less a hospital stay, what kind of institution would fine them $1800? That seems monstrous.
If most of the parishioners are paying for insurance and healthcare for themselves, then the idea that there is a cost to the "commonwealth" (is this vernacular people use in 2020?) is not terribly accurate.