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"The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Response to the Supreme Court Decision in King v. Burwell
June 25, 2015
© 2015 by the National Catholic Bioethics Center
"Response to the Supreme Court Decision in King v. Burwell
"June 25, 2015
"....The Supreme Court's decision demonstrates that the Court is willing to overstep, as it has in the past, the limited role granted to it by the Constitution, in order to promote a social outcome it finds desirable. Such a decision undermines the authority of Congress and the legitimacy of the Court.
"....the problems that this one small piece of legislative language has caused—economically and jurisprudentially—should remind us of the significant problems that remain in the Affordable Care Act. While the need for authentic health care reform was apparent long before the Act was approved in 2010, the legislation was poorly drafted and hastily passed in a partisan manner. The confusion about how health insurance should be subsidized pales in comparison with other significant errors written into the Act. We object above all to its provisions for federal funding of abortion, its inadequate protection of conscience rights and religious freedom, and its concentration of health care control in the federal government, which increases the costs of care while disrupting the relationship between patients, doctors, and insurers. These problems are significant and should be addressed promptly and appropriately by the President and Congress through amendment of the Act...."
Read full statement:
http://www.ncbcenter.org/resources/response-to-the-supreme-court-decision-in-king-v.-burwell
"The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Response to the Supreme Court Decision in King v. Burwell
June 25, 2015
© 2015 by the National Catholic Bioethics Center
"Response to the Supreme Court Decision in King v. Burwell
"June 25, 2015
"....The Supreme Court's decision demonstrates that the Court is willing to overstep, as it has in the past, the limited role granted to it by the Constitution, in order to promote a social outcome it finds desirable. Such a decision undermines the authority of Congress and the legitimacy of the Court.
"....the problems that this one small piece of legislative language has caused—economically and jurisprudentially—should remind us of the significant problems that remain in the Affordable Care Act. While the need for authentic health care reform was apparent long before the Act was approved in 2010, the legislation was poorly drafted and hastily passed in a partisan manner. The confusion about how health insurance should be subsidized pales in comparison with other significant errors written into the Act. We object above all to its provisions for federal funding of abortion, its inadequate protection of conscience rights and religious freedom, and its concentration of health care control in the federal government, which increases the costs of care while disrupting the relationship between patients, doctors, and insurers. These problems are significant and should be addressed promptly and appropriately by the President and Congress through amendment of the Act...."
Read full statement:
http://www.ncbcenter.org/resources/response-to-the-supreme-court-decision-in-king-v.-burwell
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