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Health care replacement lacked input from caregivers

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 14:24
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Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service

Pediatrician and Mercy Sister Karen Schneider talked with the mother of a child in the emergency room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 2014. After President Donald Trump promised in the 2016 campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the proposed replacement was criticized for a lack of input from medical groups and for a potential negative impact on the disadvantaged.

WASHINGTON — Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, doesn't mince words when it comes to the American Health Care Act, which was short of votes and withdrawn by House Republicans late March 24.

Two days before the GOP legislation was set for an initial vote in Congress and then delayed due to last-minute wrangling and efforts to gain support, she described the bill as a disgrace, a pro-life disaster, a huge step back, catastrophic for Catholic social teaching and something that would do incredible damage.

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  • AHCA neither repealed or replaced Obama Care. It was just a few tweaks to a socialized health care system.

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