Issue Area: Health Care

Catholic Charities USA’s Human Dignity Agenda affirms that every individual is entitled to a life of dignity and opportunity. Every person should have access to equitable and affordable health care as a basic human right.

Special attention must be paid to the basic health needs of the poor and marginalized. Health care reform, and addressing such needs, is a matter of fundamental justice.

The New Health Care Law

• Law Summary 
• Implementation Timeline 
• Small Employer Health Credit: FAQ 
• Young Adults: Fact Sheet

More Resources

• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  (Public Law 111-148, signed into law on March 23, 2010)
• The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
  (Public Law 111-152, signed into law on March 30, 2010)
• Executive Order on the Restriction of Federal Funds for Abortion