[rusty schucklefurd]

My question is: Do the Catholic medical institutions receive federal funding in any way?

If they do, if they take money from the feds - this is what happens. They have to dance to what the feds want.

The Catholic leadership went along with Obama on Obamacare, thinking that they would get an exemption, but now that has blown up in their faces. They made a deal with the devil and this is what they reap.

I know this is a different topic, but this is one reason I’m not sure I like the so-called “voucher” money for school choice. Once private schools take the voucher money, I can see the feds saying they are taking public money and must abide by government mandates.

[maryz]

My question is: Do the Catholic medical institutions receive federal funding in any way?
If they do, if they take money from the feds - this is what happens.

Um, as Mark Steyn pointed out yesterday, filling in for Rush, it doesn't matter whether they take money from the feds or not -- the ruling applies to everyone. Also, since the rules cover insurers as well, there won't be any insurers who can offer anything but the ObamaCare standard.

[Campion]

If they do, if they take money from the feds - this is what happens. They have to dance to what the feds want.

For the 5,000th time on FR:

1. This has nothing to do with "taking money from the feds". It's a mandate on ALL employers. It affects Catholic schools, which get no money from government at all, just as much as Catholic hospitals.
2. You can't have a full-service hospital in this country and not take government money. Emergency rooms are required to treat all comers by law, or shut down. If you don't take Medicare and Medicaid, that means you treat a good 1/2 of your patients -- many of whom are the sickest patients you see -- for free. That's a recipe for bankruptcy, and quick bankruptcy at that.

[Arrowhead1952]

Do the Catholic medical institutions receive federal funding in any way?

If they do, if they take money from the feds - this is what happens.

The feds don't have and money. They have to take it away from working citizens via taxes. Look at your pay stub and see how much is taken out for uncle sugar.

BTW, welcome to FR!