CMA Statements
CMA Supports Senator Ben Nelson’s Opposition to Abortion Funding in Senate Health Care Legislation
Philadelphia, PA – December 18, 2009 – The Catholic Medical Association (CMA), together with the Omaha Guild of the CMA, issued a statement of support for Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) for his integrity in opposing federal funding of abortion in the Senate version of health-care legislation and called upon Catholic organizations to remain united in opposing federal funding of abortion.
Resolution on Health Care Reform
The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) adopted a resolution on health care reform at the General Assembly of its 78th Annual Educational Conference, held in Springfield, Illinois, on October 23, 2009.
The resolution calls upon Congress and President Obama “to ‘reset’ the effort to enact health care reform legislation, to reexamine their commitment to the principles of the current legislation, and to begin the process anew.”
Open Letter to Catholic Organizations on Health Care Reform
On Monday, September 21, the Catholic Medical Association issued an open letter to Catholic organizations and individual Catholics to share its views on key prudential aspects of health care reform legislation. The letter called for a renewed emphasis on the principle of subsidiarity acros the spectum of issues in health care financing and services.
Formal Letter to Members of Congressional Committees
In a September 4, 2009 letter sent to the congressional committees working on health care reform, CMA reiterated its chief concerns regarding current legislation and urged these Members of Congress to base reform on sound ethical and economic principles, and to take the time necessary to craft well-founded legislation.
Statement on Health Care Reform
In a statement released on July 29, 2009, the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) calls upon President Obama and Congress to “hit the reset button” in their attempts to address the serious problems in the nation’s health-care financing and delivery systems. The CMA is concerned that the bills that have emerged from House and Senate Committees to date are too flawed, and the process too rushed, to provide meaningful reform.
2008 Health Care Task Force Executive Summary
In November 2008, CMA published an Executive Summary of its Health Care Task Force's statement, Heath Care in America: A Catholic Proposal for Renewal to contribute to the debate over health care reform. This Executive Summary provides updated data as well as a focused account of the core principles that must be present to bring about true reform in health care financing and delivery (and not merely "change"). To read the Executive Summary, click here.
2004 Health Care Task Force Report
In September 2004, the Catholic Medical Association Health Care Task Force published the Statement, Heath Care in America: A Catholic Proposal for Renewal. Drafted by a multi-disciplinary panel composed of physicians and other health care providers, scholars, businessmen and clergy, Health Care in America provides a systematic overview of the challenges to health care delivery and financing in the United States and solutions that are based on the perennial moral and social teachings of the Church. Click this link to read Health Ca re in America.
