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A Lutheran Perspective on Reform

July 23rd, 2009 Ali Faruk No comments

By: Erica Johnson, Health Care Intern

Our friends from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have provided a wonderful source for speaking faithfully on health care.

“We of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have an enduring commitment to work for and support health care for all people as a shared endeavor”
– From “Caring for Health: Our Shared Endeavor”, 2003.

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Theology & Health Care Reform

July 14th, 2009 Ali Faruk No comments

GUEST AUTHOR: Erica Johnson, Health Care Intern

It’s easy to lose sight of values in the current health care debate involving an endless cycle of numbers, threats of economic implosion and slogans about government. There is a great blog post on Sojourners that relates the story one woman’s ordeal with our broken health care system after a car accident. Below is a quote:

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Opponents of Health Reform

July 7th, 2009 Ali Faruk No comments

Opponents of health reform have recently started citing research from an organization called The Lewin Group claiming that health insurance reform will ruin America’s health care system. An article in The Washington Postreveals that the Lewin Group is completely owned by one of the nation’s largest insurance companies: UnitedHealth Group. Below is a quote from the article:

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