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Catholic Health Association Backs ObamaCare Bill

WASHINGTON -- A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive role. The chief executive of the Catholic Health Association, Carol Keehan, wrote on the group's Web site that although the legislation isn't perfect, it represents a ``major first step'' toward covering all Americans and would make ``great improvements'' for millions of people. Keehan said in an interview that she believes the approach now in the bill would work just as well to keep federal dollars from being used to pay for abortion. ``On the moral issue of abortion, there is no disagreement,'' Keehan said. ``On the technical issue of whether this bill prevents federal funding of abortions, we differ with Right to Life.''
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Posted by Editor at March 15, 2010 12:26 AM