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CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING AND HEALTH CARE
In our Catholic tradition, health care is a basic human right. Access to health care should not depend on where a person works, how much a family earns, or where a person lives. Instead, every person, created in the image and likeness of God, has a right to life and to those things necessary to sustain life, including affordable, quality health care. This teaching is rooted in the biblical call to heal the sick and to serve "the least of these," our concern for human life and dignity, and the principle of the common good. Unfortunately, tens of millions of Americans do not have health insurance. According to the Catholic bishops of the United States, the current health care system is in need of fundamental reform. To learn about Catholic teaching on health care in more detail, read the full statement by the United States Catholic Bishops, A Framework for Comprehensive Health Care Reform, at: old.usccb.org/sdwp/national/comphealth.shtml
HSS MANDATE 2012 INFORMATION
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Latest USCCB Resources: USCCB HEALTH CARE REFORM
Factsheet: Abortion Funding in the New Health Care Reform Act (4-12-10)
Legal Analysis of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Corresponding Executive Order on Abortion Funding and Conscience Issues (3/25/10)
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