Interview with Christianity Today. Playing God: Pandemic Brings Moral Dilemmas to US Hospitals
There are three main ethical concerns that medical professionals are now facing, according to the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity: protecting the vulnerable by not overwhelming health care systems, allocating insufficient medical supplies, and keeping medical workers safe who lack the proper protective equipment against the virus. The questions are very real: Who should receive medical care when there aren’t enough resources to go around?
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION IN THE WOMB?
Thirty-five years ago, our first son was born and, expecting only good things, we happily paid the extra health insurance premium to add him to our policy.
A few weeks later, the health Insurance company wrote saying they had denied coverage of his medical expenses based upon a determination that he suffered from “a pre-existing condition in the womb.” He was born with two “medical anomalies” – physical issues that threatened his life and required immediate hospitalization…