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Does Your New Health Plan Cover Abortion

WebWhat’s more, the ACA mandates that every state offer at least one “multistate plan” (MSP) that does not cover elective abortions. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), …

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Why Health Care Won’t Be a Free Market Commonweal Magazine

WebIts complexity is why the original Obamacare legislation was almost two thousand pages long (and Obamacare was only tackling a small part of the beast). …

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No One Is in Control Commonweal Magazine

WebIn 1878, a wave of yellow fever swept through the American South and spread out through the Mississippi River Valley. Along with cholera, “yellow jack,” as it …

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Health Care & the Gospel Commonweal Magazine

WebThe American Health Care Act (AHCA), which was pulled from consideration before the House of Representatives on March 24, 2017, does not pass the test …

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Conscience and Catholic Health Care Commonweal Magazine

WebCatholic health care in this country has long had a conflicted relationship with the health-care system at large. Tentative steps toward compromise have been stalled …

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A Right to Be Healthy

WebOur approach to health care is shaped by a simple but fundamental principle: “Every person has a right to adequate health care. This right flows from the sanctity of …

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William Barber’s Life of Struggle Commonweal Magazine

WebHe was born to the struggle, two days after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Barber’s father, William Barber Sr., was a physics teacher who settled in Indianapolis …

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Fr. Charles Bouchard, OP Commonweal Magazine

WebFr. Charles Bouchard, OP is currently Senior Director of Theology and Sponsorship for the Catholic Health Association in St. Louis. He previously served as …

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All One Body Commonweal Magazine

WebIndeed, the parts of the body that seem weaker are all the more necessary.”. Likewise, the body can’t keep some of its parts from receiving health care, because “If …

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Care Package Commonweal Magazine

WebNon-emergency care to patients living outside the Louisville area has already been eliminated. Kentucky is one of the unhealthiest states in the country. It ranks first in …

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Patients Over Profits Commonweal Magazine

WebThe savings accruing to taxpayers—the federal government estimates $160 billion over ten years—could be reinvested in the American health-care system, lowering …

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All a Matter of Perspective

WebCatholic health care in the United States finds itself at a startling point of convergence with non-Catholic health care. On the one hand, after the Supreme Court …

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America's Blind Spot Commonweal Magazine

WebOctober 5, 2009. Bioethics. Death and Dying. Health Care. The concept of the common good, ancient in origin, would seem on the face of it an ideal foundation for health-care …

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Daniel Callahan & Bioethics Commonweal Magazine

WebIn the summer of 2003, the renowned bioethicist Daniel Callahan testified before President George W. Bush’s Council on Bioethics, which was gathering material …

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Caught in the Gap Commonweal Magazine

WebAccording to an April 2 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation ( “The Coverage Gap: Uninsured Poor Adults in States that Do Not Expand Medicaid” ), nearly …

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End-of-Life Dreams Commonweal Magazine

WebOn Valentine’s Day, two months after Gloria died, Benny’s daughter found her father at the cemetery in subzero weather tracing an outline of a heart in the snow around Gloria’s …

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Remembering Paul Farmer Commonweal Magazine

WebForeign Affairs. Steve Reifenberg (left) and Paul Farmer (right) in 2002 (Photo courtesy of Steve Reifenberg) Paul Farmer’s death last week at the age of sixty-two …

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The Pandemic Isn’t Over Commonweal Magazine

WebDuring the early phase of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, various federal agencies invoked authority under existing laws to issue emergency declarations …

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An Antidote to Despair Commonweal Magazine

WebPIH has provided a preferential option for the poor in many ways, and one strategy in particular has come to define the organization’s inspiring global impact: …

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