In an online survey, America asked members of its “U.S. Politics Catholic Discussion Group” on Facebook and other readers for their thoughts on the debates.
Health Care
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Catholic Health Association supports Affordable Care Act, says health care a basic human right
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit considers the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the Catholic Health Association voiced its support for the act, declaring access to health care a basic human right.
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How the Franciscan sisters are fighting the opioid crisis in the town where it began
The Franciscan sister moved to Kermit, West Virginia, 10 years ago, just a few months after the now infamous FBI shutdown of a town pharmacy.
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‘Obamacare’ is back in federal court, this time in New Orleans
The fate of former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and its coverage and insurance protections for millions of Americans, is again being argued before a panel of judges — this time a federal appeals court in New Orleans.
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Church experts: Vaccines preserve ‘moral health’ of communities
Doctors, physicians and immunologists have come forward to debunk the loud din of the anti-vaccination movement, and the Catholic Church has joined them.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The Vanier model for living with the disabled takes root
At a new residential complex in North Carolina, graduate students and adults with developmental disabilities share living quarters and meet in prayer.
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New York ends religious exemption to vaccine mandates
The nation’s worst measles outbreak in decades is prompting states to reconsider giving parents ways to opt out of immunization rules.
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Healthcare on the margins
America and SOMOS Community Care will host a conversation on healthcare on the margins.
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Sister Carol Keehan is leaving the Catholic Health Association. Here’s what she thinks about U.S. health care.
After 14 years at the helm of the Catholic Health Association, Sister Carol Keehan is ready to let others lead—but she still has strong opinions about the importance of Catholic hospitals and the state of U.S. health care.
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Review: The unhealthy state of U.S. health care
The costs of medicine in the United States are addressed in different, though complementary, ways in two new books on broken U.S. health care.