Health Care Reform

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops urge us to call our members of Congress (use the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 to contact our Representative or Senators) and tell them health care reform should:

• Include health care coverage for all people from conception until natural death, and continue the federal ban on funding for abortions;
• Include access for all with a special concern for the poor;
• Pursue the common good and preserve pluralism, including freedom of conscience; and
• Restrain costs and apply costs equitably among payers.

Reform efforts must begin with the principle that decent health care is not a privilege, but a right and a requirement to protect the    life and dignity of every person.

See http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/ for more details.