Sister Carol Keehan news and information

The Catholic Health Association, which incurred the wrath of U.S. bishops by supporting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, is now formally opposing a regulation in the law that forces Catholic hospitals to indirectly provide birth control to employees.
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Joseph Swedish has taken his post as the Catholic Health Association's board chairman for fiscal 2012.
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The Vatican's surprising reprimand of a Maryland-based nuns group could signal pressure on Catholic healthcare providers who similarly have broken with the church leadership over healthcare reform.
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The White House's announcement that religious hospitals and charities will not be required to provide contraception coverage in their employee health plans has left many wondering who will really pay for these services—and how?
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Catholic Healthcare West shed more than words when the 38-hospital system changed its name to Dignity Health. It dropped its formal connection to the Roman Catholic Church.
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Religious employers, including Roman Catholic hospitals, will have an additional year to comply with a new federal requirement that they offer free birth control to employees through their health insurance plans.
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The nation's political forces are bitterly divided over issues ranging from raising the country's debt ceiling to the use of energy-efficient light bulbs, so it's no surprise that the government's role in healthcare is also the source of intense debate.
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As Sister Mary Jean Ryan officially steps away from an operational role at SSM Health Care, she and her colleagues say the St. Louis-based system is ready to thrive without her.
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For the Catholic Health Association and our members, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is above all a promise. It is a promise to start repairing a broken healthcare system that leaves too many people on its periphery. It is a promise to protect individuals and families who are poor...
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The backers of a new effort to reduce healthcare disparities in care are trying to provoke more action from healthcare providers. Their message is that disparities are a core quality issue that affects patients, costs money and is only going to get bigger.
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