The House continues to consider legislation to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The American Health Care Act (AHCA) proposes not only to make major changes to the insurance coverage provisions of the ACA—eliminating the individual and employer mandate, premium tax credits, and cost-sharing subsidies—but also to fundamentally restructure the Medicaid program.The Sisters of Charity Health System maintains its opposition to the AHCA, legislation that would lead to the loss of health coverage for 24 million people. [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, we are pleased to share a reflection for Holy Week. [More]

World Health Day, annually on April 7, is a day when those in Catholic health care can ask God to help be instruments to improve the health of those in this world. It's a time to give thanks as well as to renew the resolve to answer the call to the question, "Who is my neighbor." To help mark this important day, the Catholic Health Association of the United States developed a reflection. [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, we are pleased to share a reflection for the fifth week of Lent. [More]

Cleveland and Northeast Ohio medical and community leaders recently gathered at the Global Center for Health Innovation to welcome Thomas J. Strauss as president & CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System. More than 300 community and industry leaders gathered for the event, which featured a keynote from Tom, as well as remarks from Sister Judith Ann Karam CSA, congregational leader of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine; Robert Spangler M.D., board chair of the Sisters of Charity Health System; and Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. [More]

Today, on National Doctor's Day, we give thanks for those women and men who have found their greatest joy in service to one of the world's deepest hungers: the hunger for healing and wellness. To help you reflect upon and celebrate the vocation of the physician personally and as an organization, we are pleased to share this blessing from the Catholic Health Association of the United States. [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, we are pleased to share a reflection for the fourth week of Lent. [More]

The House is scheduled to vote March 23 on legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The American Health Care Act would impose major structural changes and funding limits to the Medicaid program, disrupting coverage for some of our nation's most vulnerable populations. The legislation also would replace current subsidies for coverage under the ACA with tax credits that will disproportionately exclude the poor, the sick and older Americans from affordable coverage. Because of these reasons and more, the Sisters of Charity Health System is strongly opposed to this ACA “Repeal and Replace” legislation [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, we are pleased to share a reflection for the third week of Lent. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Health System is strongly opposed to the House GOP’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) “Repeal and Replace” legislation that asks the low-income and most vulnerable in our country to bear the brunt of the cuts to our health care system. In addition to moving away from an effective coverage expansion that has provided health care to more than 20 million working people, this proposal would also take many backward steps in the continual effort to improve our health care system. [More]