Corporate Media Does Not Want You To See - Catholic Doctrine Supports Health Care As A Basic Right

[TomCADem]

Most news organizations focus on the areas of division such as abortion with respect to Catholics and health care reform. However, the fact of the matter is that the Catholic Church in the U.S. does agree with that health care is a human right, and that it should be made universally available. Yet, you never hear this. Why? Why is it that the only thing we hear about the stance of the Catholic church with respect to health care reform is on the issue of abortion? Is this a coincidence. Or, is the corporate media trying to blind us to the fact that the Catholic church doctrine actually supports the goal of universal health care. You have to wonder why the corporate media cherry picks through stories, and refuses the basic fact that official Catholic doctrine SUPPORTS universal health care and health care as a basic human right. Indeed, as the attached report shows, there are broad areas of agreement between the Catholic Church and the labor movement. Sadly, neither Glenn Beck nor MSNBC is going to cover this.

http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/respecting_the_just_rights_of_workers.pdf

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The starting points for the agreement were the recognition that Catholic Social Teaching holds that “health care is a human right…both a service and a ministry… is a fundamental social good that is essential to the well-being of local communities and society” and the affirmation of “two key values: (1) the central role of workers themselves in making choices about representation and (2) the principle of mutual agreement between employers and unions on the means and methods to assure that workers could make their choices freely and fairly.”

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[TomCADem]

1. More - Catholic Healthcare For America Has Been Pushing For Reform

Yet, when was the last time you heard of this organization on Fox News?

http://www.catholichealthcare.us/OurVision/principles/overview.htm

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Our Principles for Reform
The Catholic health ministry looks forward to a health care system that truly promotes the nation's well-being and respects the dignity of every person.

We believe that health care in the U.S. should be:



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Available and accessible to everyone, paying special attention to the poor and vulnerable

The system should:

•Ensure that each person has a core health benefit package covering services across the life span of care.

•Deliver the same level and quality of care to everyone without limits or variations based on age; race; ethnicity; financial means; or health, immigration or employment status.
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Health & prevention oriented, with the goal of enhancing the health status of communities

The system should:

•Make preventive care a core part of health benefits in every community and develop provider and patient incentives that reward prevention.

•Improve health literacy and education to help patients play a greater role in maintaining their own health and wellness.
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Sufficiently and fairly financed

The system should:

•Share the responsibility of financing among all stakeholders.

•Care for those who cannot help themselves by having all stakeholders, including government, employers, individuals, charitable organizations and health care providers, collectively assume responsibility.
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Transparent and consensus-driven in allocation of resources, and organized for cost-effective care and administration

The system should:

•Manage cost growth to promote affordability and sustainability; efficiently use facilities, equipment and services; minimize administrative expenses.

•Spend resources on care that is most medically beneficial.
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Patient centered and designed to address health needs at all stages of life, from conception to natural death

The system should:

•Ensure that services are coordinated and integrated all along the continuum of care — the system should be truly accountable for health outcomes.

•Design palliative and end-of-life care to ensure the best and most compassionate treatment for persons with serious, complex diseases and those in the final stages of life.
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Safe, effective and designed to deliver the greatest possible quality

The system should:

•Standardize and expand the use of information technology to improve clinical coordination, reduce medical errors and improve the patient experience.

•Use evidence-based medicine to optimize outcomes and quality; prioritize patient safety by minimizing the systemic causes of errors.
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[mopinko]

2. what you say is true, BUT

the catholic church was once the direct provider of much "charity care". since the raygun days, they have sold off their healthcare assets, corporatized those that they kept, and added a great deal of fuel to the fire of healthcare inflation.

the late cardinal joseph bernadin, archbishop of the diocese of chicago fought for healthcare to be a part of the "seamless garment" of the true prolife position. nonetheless, catholic hospitals in chicago are raking in billions of dollars in profits.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Another reason Glenn Beck left the Catholic church.

[windoe]

4. It would be nice to hear from the Pope on this.

But he probably doesn't want to get into the rumble.