Apparently, in the United States, you do not have to buy medical insurance, despite the existence of “Obamacare” and what you have heard in the press. Instead, you can sign up to a Christian Medical Ministry.

If you’re asking what?, you’re thinking what I was thinking.

A Christian Medical Ministry is a Christian organization in which each member contributes a monthly amount (lets call it a “premium”) to help cover the medical needs of everybody in the ministry.

This probably sounds like insurance — but that’s where you would be wrong. Insurance would then cover your medical costs, when they arrive. A Christian Medical Ministry does not make any such promises. They only accept your premiums. Oh — and pray for you! That’s important, right?

Here at the Big Bad Blog, we are amazed to learn that there are people who fall for these scams.

Photo of wreck at Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France. October 22nd, 1895. By Studio Lévy & fils. Via ck/ck.
Webcomic is Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North.

Q: What do you do if you are homeless?
A: Argue with other homeless people about quantum physics.

Q: How do you join a homeless argument about quantum physics?
A: With a skateboard.

And now, a volcano erupting. As seen from space:

(Taken from the International Space Station)

The latest from Iran — the Bassij are rounding up protestors, beating them and throwing them off bridges.

An argument against private health insurance.

Today’s webcomic is from Rosscott, Inc: