Healthcare

Thanks to all of you for your observance of Cover the Uninsured Week. Your prayers and messages to Congress are highlighting the critical need for health care reform in the U.S.  47 million uninsured and the millions more underinsured. We expect that the major mark-ups on healthcare will not come until June.

Catholic Healthcare Association continues to be in dialogue with the Obama administration on the essential Catholic life issues and the needs of health care coverage. The JPIC Office follows the lead of CHA in these areas because of the careful research and the knowledge that CHA has of the impact any life legislation would have on our Catholic hospitals. http://www.chausa.org/.

Through the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation, signed by President Obama, children of immigrants who are under the age or twenty one and legal U.S citizens are eligible to receive healthcare coverage in a year rather than waiting for 5 years before they can access healthcare. Thanks for your efforts to pass that legislation.