North Dakota Catholic Conference
Representing the Dioceses of Bismarck and Fargo
Access to Affordable Health Care
Catholics are called to promote accessible and affordable health care based on shared values and a moral commitment to health care as a basic right.
Although the number of uninsured (8.2%) in North Dakota is below the national average, we as Catholics we share a concern for those who remain in need of health insurance protection. Those with economic means and health insurance enjoy the benefits of the health care system, while the working poor continue in their struggle to basic levels of care.
We must promote increased efficiencies in the health care system, and access by eligible people to publicly funded health care such as Medicaid and the state Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Furthering the Catholic Health Care Ministry
The NDCC provides advocacy and monitors legislation that may affect the state’s 31 Catholic health care facilities, including Medicaid reimbursements, nursing home rates, moratoriums on long term and basic care bed capacity, and payment and insurance issues.