--- Sarah Gibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Catholic Church teaches that [...] that individuals can have no direct > relationship with god > but must commune via a priest,
I was raised as a Catholic and I certainly don't remember that part! > Regarding healthcare costs, Saskatchewan - Joni's > home province - had > universal free hospital-based healthcare by 1946, > and generally led > the way in Canada regarding welfare provision. Joni > had her baby in > February 1965, by which time there was an > established welfare state. There were beginnings of state-covered health insurance at that time, but it was limited at first to the elderly and the very poor. If I remember this right, the "universality" aspect of it came in right around the time Kilauren was born. In the beginning, the insurance covered only hospital care. It was later expanded to cover medical (by an MD) care at 90%, where the patient was supposed to pay 10%; however most docs waived the 10% because, being paid 90% for all patients at that time was still much better than getting paid all or part by only some patients and having to go after delinquent payments. I don't know if it was the health-care that was the issue here, but the financial aspect combined with the stigma of being an unwed mother (she was unmarried while she was pregnant and when the child was born and married Chuck after the baby was born). The welfare system does not make an easy life for anyone and, Joni was struggling to get enough work to make enough money to live on. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
