Senate proposal could “wreak havoc on low-income families and struggling communities, and must not be supported,” the bishops said in a statement released on Thursday evening.
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Bishops: Repealing Obamacare and gutting the safety net will hurt the poor
“The Affordable Care Act for all of its flaws was a movement in favor of comprehensive health care,” Bishop Robert McElroy said.
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Exploring the tense relationship between Catholic Hospitals and the A.C.L.U.
Our guest this week is Stephanie Slade, a managing editor at Reason magazine and contributing writer at America. Her latest article explores the legal challenges launched by the American Civil Liberties Union against Catholic hospitals. “The A.C.L.U. has decided that the right to have an abortion or to get a sterilization procedure…is a fundamental American […]
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Bishops: Senate health care bill must respect life, be ‘truly affordable’
“The Catholic Church remains committed to ensuring the fundamental right to medical care, a right which is in keeping with the God-given dignity of every person, and the corresponding obligation as a country to provide for this right.”
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Supreme Court sides with religious hospitals in pension dispute
The hospitals—two with Catholic affiliation and one with Lutheran ties—had argued that their pensions are “church plans” that are exempt from the law and have been treated as such for decades by federal officials.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Congo’s Ebola threat is pushing a vaccine through without full clinical trials
Congo’s Ministry of Health has approved the use of an experimental anti-Ebola vaccine to combat the disease. This is a radical step, but one the World Health Organization approves.
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A New Catholic Hospital Brings Hope to Haiti
Haiti’s history is marked by tragedy—natural disasters and human suffering—but a new Catholic hospital is bringing hope and healing to rural community.
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Trump will reverse Obamacare’s birth control mandate
The Trump administration is moving to reverse Obamacare’s requirement that most employers provide free coverage of birth control to their employees.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Why is the A.C.L.U. targeting Catholic hospitals?
Though the A.C.L.U. has not won in the courtroom so far, there is every indication these challenges will keep coming.
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Why Democrats and Republicans (still) cannot agree on health care reform
The Affordable Care Act has changed our expectations for health care. It shifted the way we live, which may be shifting what we believe.