Health - articles
We don’t need NICE health care
True believers in the proposition that nationalizing health care will save money seemed a bit shell-shocked recently by cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. more »
By Penna Dexter - Aug 4, 2009
The health care bill: An ‘abortion bailout’?
WASHINGTON—When Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) equated abortion to having one’s tonsils removed during remarks in a House committee hearing, she struck at the heart of pro-life fears over the new health care reform bill making its way through Congress. more »
By John Evans - Jul 27, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion
Nationalizing Health Care is Not the Answer
The U.S. health care system may be sick, but the Obama administration's planned takeover may permanently cripple it, according to the ERLC's Richard Land. more »
By staff - Jul 14, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Healthcare
Health Care: Competition Urged, Not Govt. Control
The U.S. health care system may be sick, Richard Land said, but the Obama administration’s planned takeover may permanently cripple it.
“Our health care system is not a perfect system. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Jul 14, 2009
Letter to HHS on Conscience Protections Proposal
On behalf of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, we urge the Department of Health and Human Services to reject its proposed rule “to rescind in its entirety” the final rule entitled “Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law,” promulgated late last year (73 FR 78072, 45 CFR Part 88). more »
By Richard Land - Apr 21, 2009 - (3)
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion
Couple ministers to cancer patients
It is estimated more than 1 million people were diagnosed with cancer last year, according to a study by the American Cancer Society (ACS) Web site. more »
By Lisa Watson - Apr 3, 2009
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health
My son Zane
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—I love all three of my kids equally. I wouldn’t want any of them not to be in my life. But for this column, I will talk only about my 6-year-old son, Zane. more »
By Darin Wales - Mar 31, 2009 - (3)
Topic: Family, Children, Living, Health, Life, Abortion
Despite endorsement by some, Sebelius ‘unfit’ for HHS role, pro-life leaders say
WASHINGTON—Fifteen Christian leaders, some identified as evangelicals, have endorsed Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ nomination to the federal government’s top health post even as state and national pro-life organizations contend her opposition to restrictions on abortion makes her unworthy of the office. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 9, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion
Is the Government Planning to Make Your Health-care Decisions?
There are many things in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that concern me, but there is one thing craftily tucked into this bill that is most disturbing–the $1.1 billion to create a superstructure of rationed health care to the sick and the elderly. more »
By Richard Land - Feb 24, 2009 - (9)
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation
Giant steps toward a government takeover of the health-care system?
The new SCHIP legislation is nothing less than a vehicle to advance “socialized medicine” by stealth. The program’s purpose, when it was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress in 1997, was to assist in subsidizing health care for children in families whose incomes made them ineligible for Medicaid but who couldn’t afford private health insurance. more »
By Richard Land - Feb 3, 2009 - (12)
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation, National