CBS News: Faith Groups to Help Obama on Health Care
Having let his push for comprehensive health care refom become bogged down by confusion over the details of his plan, President Obama this month is turning to the religious community to rally support for the fundamental idea of expanding health care accessibility.
As part of a major new initiative from the faith community, Mr. Obama on Aug. 19 will participate in a call-in and audio Webcast with at least 25 faith leaders -- from evangelical Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other religious traditions -- to aggressively encourage their congregations to support health care reform.
"Every so often there is an issue that is so clear and compelling, or so alarming and disconcerting, that it really does galvanize the faith community," said Reverend Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, one of the groups sponsoring the new initiative. "Inclusive, accessible, affordable health care for all of God's children is for us a moral issue."
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Faith Groups to Help Obama on Health Care
Posted by Stephanie Condon
August 10, 2009 2:28 PM
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Comment by Paul on September 14, 2009 at 5:03pm - "Reform" becoming "bogged down by confusion over the details of his plan..." Huh? Medicare is (nearly) broke, Medicade is broke, Social Security is poised to go belly up, the USPS is a fiscal disaster, the Obama administration has nationalized the banking system, the car industry and the insurance industry and we're supposed to believe that his questionable healthcare "reform" is stalling all due to "confusion over ... details?" Sheesh. We need to slow down, do some proper due diligence on this monster and beware being pushed into "feel good" solutions designed to fit on a Volvo's bumper sticker. In short, the US is broke. We cannot afford to socialize our healthcare system however warm and fuzzy we may feel embracing bumper-stickers and slogans which simplify this most complex issue. For me, I'll take our attorney-President seriously on healthcare reform when, for one, he actually supports serious and meaningful tort reform as a pillar of true system reform.
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