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A Christian perspective for health care reform Acton …
WEBIt is clear that we have a duty to improve access, affordability, and quality of care for all citizens because of their human dignity. Frequently missing from the discussion of health care reform is the role of personal responsibility. Pope Benedict XVI has emphasized the point: “In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between
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Christians and Health Care Acton Institute
WEBChristians and Health Care. As the threat of a crisis in our current health care system looms larger and health care spending continues to increase, the sustainability of our current employer-based health care system comes into question. How can we reform health care and see to it that more people have access to it?
The moral quandary of national healthcare Acton Institute
WEBAlmost all discussions about health policy focus on whether different systems of providing healthcare are more efficient, more equitable, or lead to better health outcomes. These are, of course, important issues. Just like food, shelter, or education, healthcare does possess value in and of itself. But as St. John Henry Newman reminds …
Cold facts about COVID-19 Acton Institute
WEBRoughly 12,469 people in the U.S. died from the swine flu from April 12, 2009, to April 10, 2010. Unlike COVID-19, which mainly kills older people with preexisting health problems, 87 percent of people killed by the swine flu were under the age of 65; Around 170,000 people per year in the U.S. die from accidents.
Healthcare, democracy, and freedom Acton Institute
WEBJust as in 1993, the issue of government healthcare has risen to the top of the public agenda, taking attention away from war in the middle east. While the iconic “Harry and Louise” have switched sides, the fundamental issues remain the same. Healthcare provides a giant chunk of our national economic activity. Though government is …
Five Simple Arguments Against Government Healthcare
WEBFive Simple Arguments Against Government Healthcare. by Hunter Baker • July 29, 2009. The argument from federalism: One of the great benefits of federalism is that the states can act as the laboratories of democracy. If a new public policy is tried in the states and works (as happened with welfare reform in Michigan and Wisconsin), then a
Single-payer healthcare: A Christian view Acton Institute
WEBIn the UK, our National Health Service was once described by a former Chancellor of the Exchequer as being the nearest thing we have to a national religion. It certainly gets a lot of support from religious leaders. Indeed, many seem to deify the NHS. The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said at his enthronement: “Slaves …
Medical conscience rights: the next civil rights struggle
WEBSomething authoritarian this way comes. Powerful forces are striving to impose a secular ethic on the entire medical professional which – in the name of “patients’ rights” – seeks to compel doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other medical professionals to violate their religious beliefs on issues like abortion. At stake is the right of doctors to …
Explainer: What does ‘Black Lives Matter’ believe
WEBThanks almost entirely to the killing of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter’s approval rating has more than doubled from where it stood four years ago, surging from 27% in 2016 to 57% today. While the slogan wins public support, the racially tinged socialism espoused by the organization Black Lives Matter should concern everyone …
Donald P. Condit Acton Institute
WEBDr. Donald P. Condit, MD, MBA is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hand surgery in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating with a BS in Preprofessional studies at the University of Notre Dame he attended the University of Michigan Medical School. At the Seidman School of Business of Grand Valley State University his emphasis of study was …
10 facts about homelessness in America Acton Institute
WEBThe homeless represent the most vulnerable portion of Americans living in poverty. The latest U.S. government report on homelessness shows that a culture of secularism and statism is depriving Americans of church philanthropy, curbing the free market's ability to provide, and leaving the most vulnerable reliant on the government – …
The NHS: The god that failed Acton Institute
WEBIn 1949, half-a-dozen ex-Communists wrote a book about their former faith, dubbing socialism The God that Failed. As the UK’s revered National Health Service enters its worst spiral on record, it seems to have earned that title. News broke Thursday morning the NHS had its worst month in history in December 2019. The number of people who …
Government subsidies not so sweet for health Acton Institute
WEBGovernment subsidies not so sweet for health. In yet another example of the unintended consequences of government meddling in the economy, a new study shows that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation for the rising global epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and …
A Biblical Perspective on Environmental Stewardship
WEB2 Such advances in the West have been the fruits of freedom, knowledge, and hard work–all resting substantially on the foundation of biblical Christianity’s worldview and ethic of service to God and neighbor. 3 These advances have also given rise to a laudable expansion in people’s focus on the need for environmental stewardship.
Is capitalism making us fat
WEBHence, “fat people” are “victims of the double binds of capitalism, which are sexist, racist and class-biased.”. These arguments have filtered down into popular websites, sometimes questioning the ethics of the economic system itself. “If capitalism is a virtue, fat people are saintly,” wrote Tina Dupuy at The Huffington Post.
Ross Douthat and the Problem of Pain Acton Institute
WEBGod is a luxury good for the healthy. God is a basic necessity for the ill. The intellect will not abolish pain and exhaustion. “The mind is always carapaced by suffering flesh,” Douthat writes, “like a balloon bobbing against a hard ceiling, free to move but not to soar away.”. The will cannot save us, either.
Human Capital and Poverty Acton Institute
WEBThe main purpose of economics is to understand and to help alleviate poverty, and there is an intimate and transparent relation between investments in human capital and the alleviation of poverty. That is the theme of my presentation. The term human capital may not be familiar to all of you. Human capital refers to the skills, education, …
4 arguments for the free market Acton Institute
WEBHere are four suggestions relevant for all of us in market economics: 1) We need to detach the idea that moral principle and moral high ground are linked to big government, more debt, and greater intervention. There is an appalling lack of economic literacy and moral education.
Subsidiarity and Health Care Reform Acton Institute
WEBSubsidiarity and Health Care Reform. by Robert J. Mylod • July 20, 2010. Share this article: An employee of a large regional bank is concerned because the bank’s health insurance covers payment for abortions. She has no alternative source of insurance. Millions of others are in the same predicament, since most plans routinely fund the
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