I have no idea and I totally agree with you. When I had my surgery to remove cysts the doctor asked which hospital I wanted to get it done because he practiced at two. When he said “Holy ......” I immediately responded, “NOT THAT ONE!” He was an excellent doctor but thank goodness he practiced at a non faith-based…

Obviously you didn’t read the article so no debate is worth having.

I’m not going to discount your experience. If you read further, I talked about how it was absolutely not the fault of the nursing staff, doctor, ancillary staff, etc but the issue always rested with the administration itself. I was an organizer for 3 years in Ohio, WV, KY, Georgia, FL, TN, NV and Cali. I dealt with…

I will also stress that care wasn’t subpar because the nurses were not good their jobs. It was the fact that they were severely overworked and they had to deal with the BS policies of hospital. The union I worked for tried to organize them several times (Catholic Charities hospital policies were the literal worst back…

I definitely understand. I just know how inferior they are so I always advocate for a hard pass on going there unless it’s unavoidable.

Many hospitals don’t advertise they are Catholic or otherwise religiously affiliated because they know the stigma that surrounds it from people who have choice to go elsewhere.

No, she can’t. Unless it was some sort of specialized center and in that case, insurance would more than likely fight tooth and nail not to cover it.

I don’t think anyone wants them. They were born out of the church’s mission to provide ministry through healthcare. As this is a tenant of many religions, I get why they got into the healthcare business. But, they don’t run it in a “Christ-like” manner at all. And because they are tax exempt, they make money hand over…

This was always our sticking point when I was unionizing nurses. Like, this entity has BILLIONS and yet here you are with subpar healthcare coverage for your staff, hellacious staffing ratios, terrible time off policies, and extraordinarily low pay. Nurses usually were pro union but the nuns and admin staff were…

Apart from the actual religious element (which doesn’t bother me at face value), the hypocritical way they run their hospitals is appalling. You’d think that because they align with a higher power, they treat their employees and patients BETTER than a for-profit hospital but no. They don’t. It’s awful. ESPECIALLY the…

I do agree. If church-run hospitals are the only option, do what you have to do. But, if you have the choice, I’d say take your business elsewhere. I cannot stress enough how much worse they are than their “for-profit” competition. Even if it’s non-union and a regular hospital...that’s a better option than a…

As much as I think the situation is BS (and I really, really do), I hope the media coverage allows her to find another hospital to both deliver and have the procedure. It’s super short notice, but for her health and the welfare of her family, I hope someone out there is willing to take on a new patient in such extreme…

I was unaware that Calvin was a racially ambiguous name. Like...seriously?

Watch any Youtube video and you will see that many people can look like porn star if they want. Make up artists are talented and she should be able to show off her work. I do agree that she shouldn’t be known as the “porn make up artist” because, as others stated, she does work on other people outside of that…

Thank you. I didn’t think that part was made up. Lol.

Lol. It is pretty unbelievable. Literally, unbelievable, not conceptually or figuratively. It’s the type of story that when told you walk away thinking the storyteller and all involved are playing some sort of trick to see how gullible you are. Given the shady nature of people though, I absolutely can believe this.

People said that shit? Wow...

I thought they were friends though. I’m not sure when that happened, but I thought the perpetrator and victim had some sort of friendly relationship and when the victim took off the blindfold that she immediately recognized the perpetrator as her friend/acquaintance. I might have to look later at the original article…

What was the right answer then? Legitimate question.

Honestly, if I hated everyone who got it wrong on the first try, I’d hate myself too. I respect what you’re saying. Overall though, I feel like people have room to grow, cultivate their opinions and learn more about stuff they aren’t familiar with. So hopefully that’s the case with him. I’m not going to hate on him…