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June 2, 2017

U.S. Bishops: Senate health care bill must respect life, be 'truly affordable'

Signs point toward the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles Jan. 4, 2008. In a letter released June 2, four U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen asked the Senate to makes sure their health care reform bill respects life, provides access to adequate health care "for all" and is "truly affordable.”

WASHINGTON – Members of the U.S. Senate "have a grave obligation" to make sure their health care reform bill respects life, provides access to adequate health care "for all" and is "truly affordable," the chairmen of four U.S. bishops' committees said in a letter to senators released June 2.

Published in International
March 31, 2017

U.S. bishops urge Congress to take bipartisan approach on health care reform

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget director, arrive for a March 23 meeting about the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington.

WASHINGTON – Now that lawmakers have withdrawn the American Health Care Act, Congress must "seize this moment to create a new spirit of bipartisanship" and make "necessary reforms" in existing health care law to address access, affordability, life and conscience, said three U.S. bishops' committee chairmen.

Published in International