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Fact Sheet | The Blunt Amendment Takes Away Access to Critical Health Insurance Coverage for Millions of Americans

March 13, 2012

The Blunt Amendment gives virtually limitless and unprecedented license to any employer or insurance plan, religious or not, to exclude any health service, no matter how essential, in the health services they cover.

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Coalition Action Materials | Organizational Sign On Letter to Senate: Oppose the Blunt Amendment

February 15, 2012

The undersigned organizations are opposed to the amendment introduced by Senator Roy Blunt (RMO) that would jeopardize quality health insurance coverage for millions of people in this country.

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Fact Sheet | The Rehberg Draft Abuses the Appropriations Process to Undermine Women’s Access to Preventive Health Care and Harm Women’s Health

November 30, 2011

The Rehberg Draft includes dangerous provisions that could threaten women’s ability to purchase health insurance that includes abortion coverage, aims to eliminate millions of women’s access to basic, preventive healthcare, and expands existing refusal laws that would harm women’s health.

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Reports & Toolkits | Duty First: Towards Patient-Centered Care and Limitations on the Right to Refuse for Moral, Religious, or Ethical Reasons

March 31, 2011

This article provides an overview of the harm to patients caused by refusals to provide health care based individuals’ or institutions’ religious, moral or ethical beliefs.  The article argues that any law or policy allowing health care providers to refuse services to patients must emphasize providers’ duty to their patients.   The article examines existing refusal laws, and describes how they contravene medical ethics and undermine established principles of quality medical care.  The article concludes with recommendations for heightened patient protections which limit the burden of refusals currently imposed on patients.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Complaint filed with Arizona Attorney General’s Office in Hospital Merger Case

March 29, 2011

In April 2010, the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center in southern Arizona entered into an affiliation with a Catholic health system, and agreed to stop providing comprehensive reproductive health services.  The Center filed this complaint with Arizona Attorney General’s Office, alleging that the Board violated its duty to the community when it entered into a deal that limited access to health care.  We are pleased to report that while the complaint was pending, the Board of the Hospital decided to end the affiliation, restoring comprehensive health care access to this rural community.

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