health care
Saint names dropped from 12 Midwest hospitals
By Lauren Markoe — September 7, 2016
(RNS) Goodbye, St. Anthony.
How ‘Me Before You’ promotes an ableist agenda
By Charles C. Camosy — June 7, 2016
(RNS) The main complaint from nearly the entire disability community is that Me Before You justifies an ablest assumption: namely, that the life of someone who cannot walk is not worth living.
Watchdog finds much larger Catholic influence on US hospitals
By RNS staff — May 6, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters) A growing number of U.S. hospitals are now owned or affiliated with Catholic health institutions that restrict procedures such as sterilizations or abortion.
Can Catholic hospitals continue to serve the poor? One program tries.
By Lilly Fowler — March 16, 2015
ST. LOUIS (RNS) The master’s program in health care mission at Aquinas Institute of Theology aims to help lay leaders honor Roman Catholic traditions, training them in the history and ethics behind Catholic-based healing.
Following evangelicals, traditional Catholics create a health insurance alternative
By Lauren Markoe — October 3, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Given its standards for members' conduct, the group won't accept all Christians. And many who do qualify may not choose the plan as their exclusive means of paying for health care.
Religious groups play key role in Obamacare insurance sign-up
By Adelle M. Banks — March 20, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) As the national deadline for health insurance enrollment looms and with President Obama’s encouragement, organizations across a range of faiths are working to sign up uninsured Americans by the end of March.
COMMENTARY: Jewish wisdom and the progressive agenda
By Jack Moline — January 2, 2014
(RNS) I am proud to identify with the National Jewish Democratic Council, to remind our nation of its wellspring of Jewish wisdom and to remind the Jewish community of the forum in which that wisdom resonates.
Church-state partnerships aid malaria fight in rural Africa
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — December 13, 2013
MACHA, Zambia (RNS) In a country where a third of the hospitals are mission-run but government-funded, church and state are intrinsically intertwined.
Partisan fighting spells trouble for church insurance under Obamacare
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 8, 2013
(RNS) House Republicans have voted 40 times to repeal Obamacare, so observers see little hope of passing a bill to fix a gap in health care reform that poses problems for clergy in church insurance plans.
Study: Pastors’ concerns for others may harm their own health
By Chris Lisee — July 3, 2012
(RNS) Studies of United Methodist pastors found high rates of chronic disease and depression, and researchers worry it can be difficult to convince clergy -- who tend to care for others first -- to seek help. By Chris Lisee.
Supreme Court health care defeat may be a win for religious opposition
By David Gibson — June 28, 2012
(RNS) Supporters of President Obama’s health care reform law celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the landmark legislation, but they may want to keep the corks in their champagne bottles. By David Gibson.
Catholics rally against Obama contraception mandate
By Tracy Gordon — January 30, 2012
(RNS) From Maine to Phoenix to southern Louisiana, Catholic churches across the country echoed with scorn for a new federal rule requiring faith-based employers to include birth control and other reproductive services in their health care coverage. By Rick Jervis. 650.
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