Bishops Endorse Medicaid Expansion, With Strong Reservations
April 30, 2015 Click here to see the bishops’ statement on Medicaid expansion.
Healthcare
Bipartisan Leaders Offer Assistance on KanCare Transition
February 21, 2013 Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer and House Democratic Leader Paul Davis have authored a joint column addressing the transition of the state’s Medicaid program. In it, they provide phone numbers KanCare consumers can call for assistance.
KS Catholic Conference Statement on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Health Care Law
June 28, 2012 The United States Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the national health care law is constitutional. The Kansas Catholic Conference issued the following statement: The Kansas Catholic Conference takes no position on the specific constitutional questions decided by the United States Supreme Court today. However, the Court’s decision has the extremely undesirable …
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KS House Judiciary Committee Approves Health Care Conscience Bill
March 6, 2012 The House Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would protect health care institutions and personnel from discrimination if they decline to participate in abortion. The bill now awaits action in the full House.
Obama Administration Mandates Coverage for Contraceptive & Abortifacent Drugs
August 4, 2011 In a move celebrated by Planned Parenthood, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, led by former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, has directed that health insurance policies must provide coverage for birth control and sterilization. Under the new policy, insurers will not be allowed to charge co-pays, co-insurance charges, or deductibles …
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Obama Administration Overturns Conscience Protection Rule
February 19, 2011 The long-anticipated decision by the Obama Administration to overturn the Bush Administration’s conscience protection regulation has finally occurred. The Bush regulation was designed to protect health care personnel from being required to to participate in medical procedures that they find immoral. The Obama regulation will apparently keep in place some protections against …
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US Senate Votes Against Repeal of New Health Care Law
February 5, 2011 An attempt to repeal the new health care reform law failed on a party line vote of 47-51 on Wednesday. This comes two weeks after the US House voted for repeal 245-189.
US House Votes to Repeal New Health Care Law
January 20, 2011 Wednesday, the US House voted 245-189 to repeal the new health care law passed by Congress and signed by President Obama last spring. Despite their decades-long call for reform of America’s health care system, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops ultimately opposed passage of the final bill because it contained unacceptable provisions …
HHS Declares Abortions Not Covered Through High Risk Pools
July 16, 2010 Facing accusations that the taxpayers were already on the verge of paying for other people’s abortions through the new health care law, the US Department of Health and Human Services has announced that abortion coverage will in fact be excluded from federally-funded high-risk health insurance pools.
Pro-Life Congressmen Introduce Bill to Amend Health Care Legislation
May 3, 2010 Pro-Life members of Congress have introduced legislation that would prevent federal funding of abortion under the new health care reform law recently passed by Congress. HR 5111, the “Protect Life Act,” would also protect the conscience rights of health care personnel. The bill would essentially codify the Pro-Life protections that the nation’s …
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