Cardinal George joins nationwide effort on health care for uninsured

Published: 2004-05-17

CHICAGO (CNS) -- Legislators, health care institutions, business leaders and pastors and parish leaders must work together to fashion policies that will ensure health coverage for all Americans, Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George said in a message for "Cover the Uninsured Week." "By raising our voices collectively, there is a greater chance to bring about the changes needed to provide equal and fair access to basic human health care for all," the cardinal said in a pastoral statement released May 14. The May 10-16 Cover the Uninsured Week was designed to draw attention to the 44 million people in the United States who have no health insurance. Eight out of 10 uninsured Americans belong to a household in which at least one person works. "In view of this crisis, I join many others today in asking for change in our health care system," Cardinal George said at a May 14 breakfast for legislators at St. Anthony Hospital in Chicago. "Through prayer, hard work and trust in God and each other, we can make access to health care a reality for all the people of our country."

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