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Read the latest news and statements from CHA
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02/03/2026
Catholic Health Association's Statement on the Bipartisan FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
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01/16/2026
Catholic Health Association's Statement on the Administration's Health Plan
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12/17/2025
Failure to Extend Health Care Tax Credits Threatens Coverage for Working Families
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12/11/2025
Congress Fails Working Families as Health Tax Credits Are Set to Expire
Latest Articles from Catholic Health World
Health Progress
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Winter 2026From smart scales that help doctors detect heart failure, to errand-running robots that drop off lab specimens and pick up medication, technology is increasingly finding a role in health care. -
Winter 2026Health Systems Can Take Action Today To Support Family Caregivers. Here's How.
When Alma Valencia, a mother of two in Pasadena, California, left her job in fashion to care full time for her mom living with dementia, she didn't receive formal training or much guidance. -
Winter 2026Elizabeth Seton Children's Bridges Care Gap by Building New Center for Severely Disabled Young Adults
To allow for a hydrotherapy session for a 12-year-old resident of Elizabeth Seton Children's Center in Yonkers, New York, staffers act in concert with one another. Before Abigail Gonzalez even reached the pool, administrators and employees here raised money to cover a battery-operated, portable ventilator for her. -
Winter 2026Healthspan: Reimagining Whole-Person Wellness as a Community Goal
As Americans and their health care systems struggle with both escalating costs and the growing complexity of a fragmented payer-provider landscape, a sobering truth looms over this essential social function: Despite operating the most technologically advanced and expensive health care system in the developed world, the U.S. produces health outcomes that lag behind every other industrialized nation — and even some developing ones. -
Winter 2026From Innovation to Imperative: The New Era of Palliative Care Delivery
In 2024, the American Medical Association updated its Code of Medical Ethics to establish that physicians have an ethical responsibility "to address the pain and suffering occasioned by illness and injury and to respect their patients as whole persons. These duties require physicians to assure the provision of effective palliative care whenever a patient is experiencing serious, chronic, complex or critical illness, regardless of prognosis." -
Winter 2026
Mapping a Better Care Plan for Dementia Patients and Their Families
While age is not synonymous with dementia, dementia is more common in those 75 and older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there are more than 6 million Americans living with dementia, and it affects more women largely due to their longer lifespan. -
Winter 2026Reflection — Behind the Need to 'No!': Why Accepting Care Is as Important as Giving It
I needed a toothbrush. One simple, preferably soft-bristled toothbrush. And I could not find one anywhere in my apartment. -
Winter 2026Venerable Nelson Baker: What We Can Learn from This Apostle of Charity
Fr. Nelson Baker was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things. His 60 years in the priesthood were spent sheltering the homeless, feeding the hungry, caring for the sick and giving hope to the destitute. -
Winter 2026Menopause: Navigating from Symptoms to Solutions
Menopause has entered the chat. The subject of a recent Oprah Winfrey special, outspoken celebrity confessions, and the focus of institutional and startup investors clamoring for a piece of this more than $15 billion market, menopause is finally being noticed for the hidden phenomenon it is. -
Winter 2026Editor's Note - Winter 2026
Lifespan is broadly understood as the number of years a person lives, while healthspan generally reflects the number of years a person lives free from chronic disease or significant disability. -
Winter 2026Mission — Exploration of the Soul Is Ever-Present in the Ministry's Changing Seasons
Like many of you, the events of the recent season have left me feeling powerless. Angst over recent policies persists, as some legislators attempt to oppress health care coverage for those most in need. We find ourselves asking, "How might I be an effective agent for change?" The divisiveness feels hopeless, where societal fear of the "other" looms as acceptable. As we look for God's unity amid the animosity, we ask, "How am I to be a bringer of peace?" But beneath powerlessness and hopelessness, soul questions lie dormant until their proper time. -
Winter 2026Formation — Survey: Senior Leadership Formation Is Fueled by Regular Cadence, Ample Time
Senior leadership formation programs have become fixed features of Catholic health ministries in the United States. They have such importance that every ministry has a means of providing them for their senior leadership, and the data indicate the establishment of a shared vision for content, process and programmatic experience.
Advocacy Communications
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CHA letters to Congress
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02/18/2026
CHA Summary of 2027 Benefit and Payment Parameters
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02/19/2026
Comments on 340B Rebate Model
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02/10/2026
Joint Letter Supporting Sensitive Locations Bill in DHS Funding
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02/05/2026
CHA Summary of Medicaid Tax Final Rule
