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.

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