That's because when the Amish need medical care, they go to regular doctors and hospitals and pay in cash often with financial help from their church and neighbors. They rely on each other, not the government or insurance companies as a tenet of their faith.

"The Amish believe it's the fundamental responsibility of the church to care for the material needs of the members of the church," said Steven Nolt, a professor at Goshen College who has written books on the Plain community of Amish.

"And so they don't buy commercial health insurance and they don't participate in public assistance programs."

So while most Americans would be required to sign up with insurance companies or government insurance plans, the church would serve as something of an informal insurance plan for the Amish.

Originally posted by Zosynspiracy
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Why the hell can't we all just go to our doctor and pay cash? Like we take our car in for routine maintenance or minor problems? If we are in an accident in our car we have insurance. Well if we are ever in a traumatic accident or have some huge disease or sickness we have insurance. I don't trust the governmetn and I sure as hell don't think we need private insurance companies. Insurance is one ofthe biggest scames perpetuated against mankind. It's akin to usury and banking.