Thoughtful viewpoint on healthcare

[MrsSmith]

Kansas City Bishops Issue Joint Health Care Reform Pastoral Statement

Following is a joint pastoral statement by Kansas City, Kansas Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann and Kansas City – St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn:

Principles of Catholic Social Teaching and Health Care Reform

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The justified reaction to the significant defects in our current health care policies is to say, “Something must be done.” Many believe: “We have to change health care in America.” Despite the many flaws with our current policies, change itself does not guarantee improvement. Many of the proposals which have been promoted would diminish the protection of human life and dignity and shift our health care costs and delivery to a centralized government bureaucracy. Centralization carries the risk of a loss of personal responsibility, reduction in personalized care for the sick and an expanded bureaucracy that in the end leads to higher costs.


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Conclusion: We Can Not Be Passive

These last two principles: Solidarity and the Promotion of the Common Good cause us to say that we cannot be passive concerning health care policy in our country. There is important work to be done, but “change” for change’s sake; change which expands the reach of government beyond its competence would do more harm than good. Change which loses sight of man’s transcendent dignity or the irreplaceable value of human life; change which could diminish the role of those in need as agents of their own care is not truly human progress at all.

A hasty or unprincipled change could cause us, in fact, to lose some of the significant benefits that Americans now enjoy, while creating a future tax burden which is both unjust and unsustainable.

We urge the President, Congress, and other elected and appointed leaders...

Well worth the few minutes it takes to read it carefully.  They make some excellent points.

[JohnnyReb]

Saw a 20 minute interview with Sen. Jim DeMint on TV last night. He introduced an 87 page "Healthcare Reform" bill back in the spring. It sounds a whole lot better than the 1017 page democrat bill.

He says that the democrats won't even discuss healthcare reform....only government healthcare.

[MrsSmith]

Saw a 20 minute interview with Sen. Jim DeMint on TV last night. He introduced an 87 page "Healthcare Reform" bill back in the spring. It sounds a whole lot better than the 1017 page democrat bill.

He says that the democrats won't even discuss healthcare reform....only government healthcare.

We all know that it's not really about healthcare...it's really about centralizing more power in the Federal government.  (And the DUmp calls the right "fascist.") 

[DixieBelle]

Excellent article! Thank you for posting that. I'm going to send that to a few people.