On the tab of a health insurer. Only in the Netherlands of course:
In an unusual scheme, the Dutch company spends about $280,000 a year to fly 600 of its sickest and most disabled clients to Lourdes. The company doesn’t expect the Virgin Mary to intercede. It hopes for a different sort of miracle.“Lourdes leads people to compassion and friendship,” says Johan Rozendaal, a VGZ board member. “They remember what it’s like to have somebody really care about them.”
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Oh, for crying out loud!
Maybe the Dutch hope that these patients will die over in France and save the medical system the cost of euthanizing them.
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