The uninsured are found disproportionately among our nation's children, people with disabilities and minorities. The United States is the only long-standing democracy without a guarantee of health care for all its people. In the United States, the infant mortality rate is higher, and the life expectancy rate lower, than in most industrialized countries which spend far less of their gross national product on health care. Everyone has access to quality health care. A full range of service is provided to combat illness and maintain health.
Appropriate oversight is given to ensure the proper use of health care dollars. . . .
Indeed, most religious communities can find within their holy writings numerous passages which call followers to tend to those in need. Calls for healing, justice, and compassion are woven freely among the challenges issued to the believers. Out of this heritage, people of faith living in the United States now are called to engage in the work of transforming our nation's health care system into a just and compassionate system of healing.