CMA Decries Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Obamacare

The Catholic Medical Association is disturbed and disappointed that the Supreme Court saw fit to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). This decision is both alarming and deeply wrong. With an “abortion premium” built into many health insurance plans, Obamacare makes every taxpayer an accessory to elective abortion. With the mandate from HHS forcing all health insurance plans to subsidize abortion-causing pills, contraceptives, and sterilization for women, Obamacare holds our health insurance hostage—either comply and abandon our religious beliefs, or resist and be fined for our faith. Even apart from attacks on human life and religious freedom, Obamacare puts too much power in the hands of the federal government. Obamacare will increase costs and decrease quality in health care. Rather than following the extreme and unconstitutional path of Obamacare, we need a measured and responsible approach to health-care reform. The Catholic Medical Association will work to achieve authentic health-care reform in 2013 and beyond.
Founded in 1932, the Catholic Medical Association is the largest association of Catholic physicians in North America. For more information, go to http://www.cathmed.org.
CONTACT: John Brehany, Ph.D., S.T.L., Executive Director & Ethicist

Search

Check Out The Pulse of Catholic Medicine

CMA’s Main Event: The Annual Educational Conference

The Annual Educational Conference, now in its 94th year, stands out as one of the most significant events hosted by the Catholic Medical Association, serving as a beacon for the medical community and those passionate about the evolving landscape of healthcare in our nation. The AEC not only addresses the pressing medical challenges faced today…
Embers April 2025

As we experience the Easter Triduum and celebrate Easter Sunday (April 20), we propose the theme for this month to be Sacrificing for the Unity of the Church. We suggest meditating on John 17, Jesus’ prayer at the Last Supper, where Jesus said, “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will…
Jubilee of Hope

By Michelle Stanford, M.D. What a gift we have as Catholics to participate in the Jubilee of Hope this year! Medicine can benefit from this Jubilee. As George Weigel points out in The Catholic World Report: “American medicine and American medical education are in need of serious reform. Getting the federal government’s healthcare agencies out…