U.S. Health Plans Include One With Catholic Tenets
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The Bush administration has broken new ground in its "faith-based" initiative by offering federal employees a Catholic health plan.
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Among health care experts there is a surprising consensus that the U.S. must inevitably adopt some kind of universal coverage.
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The United States has the best health care system in the world, but financial barriers prevent too many Americans from getting the affordable coverage they need.
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President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry are offering distinct plans to help Americans cope with the rising costs of health care.
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So what do Americans want when it comes to health care? Two things, according to a citizens group created by Congress: protection for all from high medical expenses and guaranteed coverage for specific checkups and treatments.
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Sisters of Mercy Health System is putting money and people on a project to improve patient care through information technology. The St.
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With a comprehensive immigration overhaul now perhaps years away, Latin American governments concerned with the well-being of their nationals living in this country are taking on an equally thorny issue: the U.S. health-care system.
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Pope John Paul's health is improving and he hopes to be strong enough to make his weekly address as usual on Sunday, the Vatican's chief spokesman said on Friday.
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The archbishop of St. Louis, who has said he would deny Holy Communion to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry because he supports abortion rights, now says Catholics can vote for such candidates under certain circumstances.
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Education, chastity and sexual fidelity are the responsible methods to combat AIDS, Pope John Paul II said Saturday, reiterating Vatican policy days after Spanish bishops supported condom use to fight the disease but then quickly reversed their position.
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Roman Catholic bishops from around the country are considering joining the broadest alliance of Christians ever formed in the United States.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a sweeping universal health care plan Monday that includes an individual mandate requiring each American to have health insurance. Individuals could keep their current coverage or pick from the same menu of private coverage options available to members of Congress, and the plan would provide refundable tax credits to help individuals pay their premiums.
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President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, both have plans to lower rising health care costs and broaden health insurance coverage for Americans, but their visions would take health care in two different directions.
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Pope John Paul's health is improving steadily and he remains in charge of the Roman Catholic Church, hoping to be strong enough to make his weekly address Sunday, the Vatican said Friday.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a plan for universal health coverage designed to avoid the political flaws of her failed proposal in 1993-94.
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Its new insurance mandate kicks in July 1. Some see a model for the rest of the US.
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Managed care provider inks first international agreement.