Water Cooler Observations, July 15, 2020

By Stephen W. Hiemstra

God speaks to us in our daily lives, more than we think.

This afternoon (7/13/2020) I spent several hours on the telephone trying to resolve a medical claim that arose because of an emergency room visit this past October. As I got passed back and forth between the hospital business office and my insurer, neither of whom seemed willing to help resolve the problem, I began to reflect on the challenges facing corona virus victims and their families over the past several months.

Keep in mind that the number one reason why families in America declare bankruptcy is a  medical emergency. What might be the expected cost of spending a month in intensive care? Who would pay?

This is not a trivial issue. At the moment the big political fight in Washington DC is over opening public schools in the fall. Who pays if a large number of teachers end up with corona virus?

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*   School systems be required by law to offer teachers being asked to teach    *

 *                  in person life insurance to cover their expenses.                                      *

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Obviously, a medical plan would be better, but my point is that I trust the insurance companies to evaluate the risk of returning to school better than any government official, outside the CDC.

Government administrators are under intense pressure right now from local businesses and parents to re-open the school regardless of the risk because parents watching kids cannot return to work. If they are forced by law to offer insurance, they cannot shift the expected risk of re-opening schools over onto the teachers who are in a weak position to defend their interests politically and weak position financially to refuse to return to work.

These are not happy times. Turn to God in your hour of need and he will hear your cry for mercy.

Water Cooler Observations, July 15, 2020
Also see:
Water Cooler Observations, June 24, 2020
Interview about the Corona Life in English and Spanish with Stephen W. Hiemstra, April 24, 2020
Managing Change 
Believer’s Prayer
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Author site: http://www.StephenWHiemstra.net
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