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As some in the Senate are determined to move forward a vote to repeal health care reform, the disconnect between the rushed and charged nature of the debate on Capitol Hill and the care and caution such a momentous decision requires is striking.

As a pastor who strives to follow the scripture-recorded call of Jesus to “heal the sick,” I consider access to health care to be a faith-based goal. God desires healing and abundant life for the poor as well as the rich, and denial of health care coverage falls far short of God’s standards of justice and compassion for people. 

Discerning the best path for our nation to solve such problems isn’t nearly as easy as recognizing the moral imperative. But given the scale of our health care system’s shortcomings, we need our individual acts of compassion but also systemic policy solutions.

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