“If hospitals are already suffering under the strain, what do you think is going to happen in a couple of weeks when the record-breaking number of cases from last week (and, undoubtedly, the coming weeks) begins to translate into patients needing hospitalization?” - J. Ellis
Making end-of-life decisions: The problems with advance directives
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“[M]any advance directives create a presumption in favor of death and efficiency (and an all-out avoidance of suffering) over the sanctity of human life.” -CPost
Washington Senate approves bill requiring insurers to provide contraception and elective abortions
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“The bill sets up a reimbursement program for women, including non-citizens, who are without insurance or on Medicaid to help alleviate the cost of an abortion.” Jurist
Family Research Council Sides With Conservatives Against Trump in Healthcare Battle
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“The leading social conservative advocacy group Family Research Council has joined conservative lawmakers in voicing opposition to certain elements of the Obamacare replacement bill being advanced by House leadership, which some are calling ‘Obamacare Lite.’” CPost
For some Christians, sharing medical bills is a godly alternative
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“Instead of insurance, he says, he relies on God — and the help of other believers — to pay his medical bills.” RNS
What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare
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“Americans will know there’s a healthy market when hospitals post prices on their websites, and when new hospital and health-care businesses routinely enter to challenge the old ones”