Proposed merger would put the largest US health care provider under the direction of the Catholic Church

The news that two major Catholic health care systems, Ascension and Providence St. Joseph Health, are considering a merger that would create a nearly 200-hospital behemoth spanning 27 states raises questions about the expanded imposition of Catholic ethical norms on the health care system in the coming year. This article is reprinted with permission from Religion Dispatches. Follow RD on Facebook or Twitter for daily updates. In addition to the Ascension-Providence merger, two other large Catholic…
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