The Catholic Church and U.S. Health Care Reform

The Catholic Church is the largest (and arguably the best organized) single denomination in the United States, and it has extensive holdings in the health care field. It therefore has a material stake in the current debate over health care reform, as well as a moral interest in a question touching o...

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Published in:Medical anthropology quarterly 1996-03, Vol.10 (1), p.3-19
Main Author: Angrosino, Michael V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Capitalism
Catholic Church
Catholic social policy
Catholicism
Churches
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cultural Diversity
Ethics, Medical
Federal Government
Government Regulation
Health Care
health care reform
Health Care Reform - economics
Health Care Reform - trends
Health Policy
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Managed Competition - economics
Managed Competition - trends
Medical anthropology
Moral Obligations
Morals
Philosophy
policy analysis
Policy Reform
Politics
Public Policy
Reform
Religion and Medicine
Roman Catholicism
Secularism
Social Justice
Social Values
United States
United States of America
Vulnerable Populations
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Summary:The Catholic Church is the largest (and arguably the best organized) single denomination in the United States, and it has extensive holdings in the health care field. It therefore has a material stake in the current debate over health care reform, as well as a moral interest in a question touching on the ethics of resource distribution. The position of the church on health care is analyzed as a case study of how organized religion interacts with and attempts to influence social policy in a pluralistic society.
ISSN:0745-5194
1548-1387
DOI:10.1525/maq.1996.10.1.02a00010