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Do-or-die for health care: Religious groups weigh in

Health care reform may be approaching a make-or-break moment as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats push to pass a bill by the weekend while Republicans have vowed to oppose the legislation. The urgency has further galvanized religious bodies and lobbies that have dedicated themselves to seeing health care reform pass — or fail.

Children’s health insurance: a moral obligation?

UPDATED FEB. 5, 2008 – New Census figures show that nearly 9 million children – more than 1 in 10 — in the United States don’t have health insurance. A showdown is brewing over the 10-year-old federal program that offers health coverage to low-income children, and religious leaders of all faiths are among those pushing [...]