Comments on: Revision and Resistance http://blog.archny.org/steppingout/?p=2327 Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 20 May 2013 15:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kate http://blog.archny.org/steppingout/?p=2327&cpage=1#comment-34221 Kate Thu, 31 May 2012 16:12:28 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/steppingout/?p=2327#comment-34221 I am not sure whether this is the proper channel for my question - so please excuse me if this question should be directed elsewhere. I have been sending this out to many people and blogs because I think this is an important part of the fight for religious liberty. I am a mother of four and my husband is a principal of a charter school in Austin, TX. We recently stopped getting insurance through his workplace because the premiums are too expensive. We bought a less expensive plan in the private market. Unfortunately, we were not happy with the options offered. Many of the plans cover abortions and other things that violate Catholic teaching. None of the plans cover labor and delivery. Is there a private, Catholic insurance plan for lay Catholics who would prefer to get off their employee plans in order to have insurance that reflects Catholic values? As we get ready to fight the HHS mandate, I think that the Church should create an alternative to the private market plans which already pay for the things which the mandate seeks to impose. I want to take a stand against the mandate but because I currently have a plan that covers these things I feel that I have already capitulated. I would love to buy a Catholic plan so that I am standing with the Church. An evangelical organization has something similar to what I envision: http://www.samaritanministries.org/ Seton Healthcare in Austin has an insurance plan. When I taught in a diocesan school I was able to be on the Seton plan. Is there a way, lay Catholics who do not work for the diocese, to buy into the diocesan plans? I know many other faithful Catholics who would love to drop their employee plans and buy into a Catholic insurance pool. What a better way to protest the mandate by letting Catholics shelter themselves within a plan that respects Catholic values. Perhaps we can enlist Catholic healthcare providers to form special PPOs or co-ops? I think this should be the next logical step in the fight. If anyone out there knows of any steps or groups who are working on this issue please reply in the comments. Thanks! I am not sure whether this is the proper channel for my question – so please excuse me if this question should be directed elsewhere. I have been sending this out to many people and blogs because I think this is an important part of the fight for religious liberty. I am a mother of four and my husband is a principal of a charter school in Austin, TX. We recently stopped getting insurance through his workplace because the premiums are too expensive. We bought a less expensive plan in the private market. Unfortunately, we were not happy with the options offered. Many of the plans cover abortions and other things that violate Catholic teaching. None of the plans cover labor and delivery. Is there a private, Catholic insurance plan for lay Catholics who would prefer to get off their employee plans in order to have insurance that reflects Catholic values?

As we get ready to fight the HHS mandate, I think that the Church should create an alternative to the private market plans which already pay for the things which the mandate seeks to impose. I want to take a stand against the mandate but because I currently have a plan that covers these things I feel that I have already capitulated. I would love to buy a Catholic plan so that I am standing with the Church.

An evangelical organization has something similar to what I envision:

http://www.samaritanministries.org/

Seton Healthcare in Austin has an insurance plan. When I taught in a diocesan school I was able to be on the Seton plan. Is there a way, lay Catholics who do not work for the diocese, to buy into the diocesan plans?

I know many other faithful Catholics who would love to drop their employee plans and buy into a Catholic insurance pool. What a better way to protest the mandate by letting Catholics shelter themselves within a plan that respects Catholic values. Perhaps we can enlist Catholic healthcare providers to form special PPOs or co-ops?

I think this should be the next logical step in the fight.

If anyone out there knows of any steps or groups who are working on this issue please reply in the comments.

Thanks!

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