Separation of Church and Medicine

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In a personal anecdote in The Boston Globe, Ellen Goodman related:

“When I was a kid I just assumed the separation of church and hospital. It’s not that I didn’t believe in the power of prayer, but when my appendix burst I wanted a guy in a white coat, not a white collar.”

“Welcome to Faith-based Medicine”

What prompted this is her discovery that the administration announced that federal employees will now be offered a Catholic health plan. Fortunately it is an option but once taken and a woman, or a man, for that matter, seeks fertility related treatments forget it. This is only the beginning before other faith-based hospitals are included. The reason for “catholic” is that the Church controls 11 percent of the hospitals in the country. What the Supreme Court is unable to do; your friendly bishop can.

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Grateful for concurrence, you all. It seems we are bent on returning to the dark ages.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Although I tend to agree with the consensus, there are a couple issues at play here: the Catholic church as a very good hospital system (which, incidentally, employs many people who are not Catholic); and hopefully, people would do their research before selecting it, and NOT select it if it were not right for them

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