What kind of fair and balanced "news" network would Fox be if it didn't have its own rightwing whackadoodle Catholic priest on speed dial to pronounce God's own truth to the half-comatose octogenarian audience? (That's a rhetorical question.) As Fox's official "religion contributor," Father Jonathan Morris
Where are they? There are no religious-affiliated hospitals in my entire region and over the course of my life I have seen very few. With one or two exceptions, every hospital that I can recall from the various places that I have lived have been secular community hospitals and medical centers.
Judging by the geographic distribution they seem to be mostly concentrated in the Midwest, in the Ohio River valley and to some extent in the Northwest. Relative to the population Catholic hospitals are rather sparse in the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic and, with the exceptions of Louisiana and Arkansas, the South. Five states -- two in the East (VT, NC), two in the Mountain states (WY, UT) and one in the Far West (HI) don't have any Catholic hospitals. To the extent that a heavy concentration is an issue the problem seems to exist more in some parts of the country than in others.
Simple counting up Catholic hospitals does not necessarily represent market dominance though, since many of them may be small and share their markets with much larger regional and university-affiliated medical centers and municipal hospitals. That seems to be the case in heavily populated areas such as the NYC metro area but it also seems to be the case in in less-populated upstate NY and in most of New England.
I live in the Northeast, which is no doubt why I haven't picked up on this issue, since it doesn't seem to exist in this region.
Myth #2: Catholic health care doesn’t affect many people.Fact: Catholic hospitals serve a large and increasing number of Americans.One in six patients in the United States receive care in a Catholic institution.Ten of the 25 largest hospital systems in the United States are Catholic.From 2001 to 2011, Catholic hospitals increased in number by 16 percent, while other nonprofit and public hospitals declined in number.
This is an issue that affects a lot of people, and the trend is that it's getting worse.
Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware that market domination by religiously-affiliated hospital was happening in some parts of the country because it is taking place outside of my normal field of view. I suspect that the same is true of most people in the Northeast and East Coast. I live in an area that is overwhelmingly Catholic yet there are no Catholic-affiliated hospitals in this entire region. On the East Coast in general as well as in inland areas adjacent to it has some Catholic hospitals but they hardly dominate the market. I don't travel to the Midwest or the Plains states and this development hasn't been covered in the media here.
How this report actually got out? To have victims’ names be — or at least pointed out who these people were? I would like to find out who did that, why they did that.
From a practical standpoint 'pointing out who (the victims) were', as members of the Duggar family, is only slightly more specific than identifying them as residents of the state of Arkansas.
Wow, it's right there in the Second Amendment, too!
"A well regulated pedophile ring, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and molest children, shall not be infringed."
Lucky we picked up those pocket copies of the Constitution, as edited by Fox & Friends.
Well now, Fox News defends racists, bad cops, bad Republican policies and politicians, so it was only a matter of time before they added bad parents and their molesting child to the list. Of course, they have to be known "Christians" before they get added to their list.
It's also too funny that a Catholic Priest would defend Fundamentalists, considering Fundamentalists think the Catholic Church is a cult and not part of a christian organization.
First things first. Top priority: eliminate the laicists who keep spoiling their pedogames. Then they can start the generations of religious wars against each other.
Sandusky? Yes, he is.
Yes. I know. It was a J-O-K-E. Rick Santorum doesn't believe in science either....
He is such a media whore, and a complete and utter embarrassment to Catholics. One suspects he's on the Fr. Corapi fast track to infamy. Ugh.
Just brings home his dead baby so his other children could say goodbye! Isn't that what a wake is for? And this loon wants to be President!
Where are they? There are no religious-affiliated hospitals in my entire region and over the course of my life I have seen very few. With one or two exceptions, every hospital that I can recall from the various places that I have lived have been secular community hospitals and medical centers.
LMGTFY
Here's their own directory
http://www.chausa.org/catho...
Here are some background articles on the problem.
http://rhrealitycheck.org/a...
http://www.washingtonpost.c...
http://www.kplu.org/post/fe...
Judging by the geographic distribution they seem to be mostly concentrated in the Midwest, in the Ohio River valley and to some extent in the Northwest. Relative to the population Catholic hospitals are rather sparse in the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic and, with the exceptions of Louisiana and Arkansas, the South. Five states -- two in the East (VT, NC), two in the Mountain states (WY, UT) and one in the Far West (HI) don't have any Catholic hospitals. To the extent that a heavy concentration is an issue the problem seems to exist more in some parts of the country than in others.
Simple counting up Catholic hospitals does not necessarily represent market dominance though, since many of them may be small and share their markets with much larger regional and university-affiliated medical centers and municipal hospitals. That seems to be the case in heavily populated areas such as the NYC metro area but it also seems to be the case in in less-populated upstate NY and in most of New England.
I live in the Northeast, which is no doubt why I haven't picked up on this issue, since it doesn't seem to exist in this region.
From the RH reality check article:
Myth #2: Catholic health care doesn’t affect many people.Fact: Catholic hospitals serve a large and increasing number of Americans.One in six patients in the United States receive care in a Catholic institution.Ten of the 25 largest hospital systems in the United States are Catholic.From 2001 to 2011, Catholic hospitals increased in number by 16 percent, while other nonprofit and public hospitals declined in number.
This is an issue that affects a lot of people, and the trend is that it's getting worse.
Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware that market domination by religiously-affiliated hospital was happening in some parts of the country because it is taking place outside of my normal field of view. I suspect that the same is true of most people in the Northeast and East Coast. I live in an area that is overwhelmingly Catholic yet there are no Catholic-affiliated hospitals in this entire region. On the East Coast in general as well as in inland areas adjacent to it has some Catholic hospitals but they hardly dominate the market. I don't travel to the Midwest or the Plains states and this development hasn't been covered in the media here.
How this report actually got out? To have victims’ names be — or at least pointed out who these people were? I would like to find out who did that, why they did that.
From a practical standpoint 'pointing out who (the victims) were', as members of the Duggar family, is only slightly more specific than identifying them as residents of the state of Arkansas.
Wow, it's right there in the Second Amendment, too!
"A well regulated pedophile ring, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and molest children, shall not be infringed."
Lucky we picked up those pocket copies of the Constitution, as edited by Fox & Friends.
Which will be the exact look the casting director was going for... wink wink.
Well now, Fox News defends racists, bad cops, bad Republican policies and politicians, so it was only a matter of time before they added bad parents and their molesting child to the list. Of course, they have to be known "Christians" before they get added to their list.
It's also too funny that a Catholic Priest would defend Fundamentalists, considering Fundamentalists think the Catholic Church is a cult and not part of a christian organization.
First things first. Top priority: eliminate the laicists who keep spoiling their pedogames. Then they can start the generations of religious wars against each other.
Wish they'd skip the first part and just go right to the main event. Thunderdome style. Two wingnuts enter, no wingnuts leave
excuse me mr. Priest man... It's about the hypocrisy of the whole duggar agenda. I'm glad we live in America where we can point that out.