Orthodox, Reform Praise Obama’s Approach to Health Care

Aaron Keyak — August 25, 2009 – 5:21 pm | Barack Obama | Domestic Policy | Health Care Comments (0) Add a comment

The Orthodox Agudath Israel and the Reform Central Conference of American Rabbis come from drastically different sides of the spectrum, but when it comes to President Barack Obama’s approach to Health Insurance Reform both groups “praised the president for pressing toward universal coverage.”

Here’s an excerpt from the JTA article, “Agudath Israel, Reform praise Obama on universal health care” :

The Reform rabbis’ statement lambasted the distortions of some opponents of the plan.

“We deplore the spreading of calumnies by those who would falsely claim that proposed reforms would set up ‘death panels’ or would mandate government-funded abortions,” the statement said. “The CCAR has long supported both reproductive liberty and early, proactive end-of-life decision making. We are pleased that proposed legislation would provide incentives to physicians engaged in critical conversations with their patients. We would oppose further restrictions to abortion care access in any health care reform package.”

Agudath Israel’s letter to President Obama said efforts to “make health care more accessible to the uninsured and underinsured should be applauded.”

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