A new proposal from the Department of Homeland Security could make it much more difficult for legal immigrants to get green cards in the United States. But even before its implementation, the proposal has led immigrants to avoid receiving public benefits.
Health Care
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Stop shrinking assistance programs with bureaucracy
Two trends converged in Arkansas: reinforcing a stigma about receiving public assistance and using inefficient bureaucratic procedures to drive recipients off these assistance programs.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Republicans lack votes—and appetite—to end ‘Obamacare’
After years of trying to demolish former President Barack Obama’s prized law, GOP leaders still lack the votes to succeed.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Members of Congress urge new rules for transparency of health plans that cover abortion
The letter also requested that health plans which include abortion notify consumers of that fact at the time of enrollment to prevent consumers from buying such plans if they who do not wish to.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
U.S. Catholic physician a reluctant hero in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
“We’re supposed to show the face of Christ to people, but how can you do that if you take off when the going gets tough?” asked Dr. Tom Catena, a 54-year old physician from Amsterdam, New York.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
In order to better heal those they serve, doctors must first deal with their own suffering
Patients and doctors are allies separated by a common language: suffering. Patients suffer because of their diseases, because of their feelings of alienation within a technocratic medical system and because their experience is ignored in our society that often believes the best way to get rid of suffering is to get rid of the sufferer. […]
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
What FiveThirtyEight gets wrong about Catholic hospitals
For a website with a quantitative bent, FiveThirtyEight is surprisingly willing in this case to use statistics to obscure the truth.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographic: Has suicide become a public health crisis?
The C.D.C. reports a 25 percent spike between 1999 and 2016 in the frequency of suicide across the country.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Faith communities are reclaiming their role in preparing us for death
The medical profession’s hegemony over questions of illness and dying is not complete; faith communities are still needed for discernment and guidance.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Overprescribing is not the problem behind the opioid crisis
Our June 13 guest is Sally Satel, a psychiatrist who practices in a methadone clinic and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. We discuss her recent article, “Prescriptions are not to blame for today’s opioid crisis” Listen to the show live on Wednesday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel Sirius XM […]