Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.  

         Martin Luther King, Jr. 

 

From the dawn of human history God has created loving souls and blessed each with the imago dei - the very image and likeness of God.  By grace God endows those in the health care professions with the means and methods of healing.  Only through a just system of health care can Jesus' promise of life abundant (John 10:10b) be visited upon all persons.

         Bob Edgar

 

To be without health insurance in this country means to be without access to medical care.  But health is not a luxury, nor should it be the sole possession of a privileged few.  We are all created b'tzelem elohim -- in the image of God -- and this makes each human life as precious as the next.  By 'pricing out' a portion of this country's population from health care coverage, we mock the image of God and destroy the vessels of God's work. 

         Rabbi Alexander Schindler

 

Every person has the right to adequate health care.  This right flows from the sanctity of human life and the dignity that belongs to all persons, who are made in the image of God... Our call for health care reform is rooted in the biblical call to heal the sick and to serve 'the least of these,' the priorities of justice and the principle of the common good.  The existing patterns of health care in the United

States do no meet the minimal standard of social justice and the common good.  

         U.S. Catholic Bishops, 1993

 

The health of a society is truly measured by the quality of its concern and care for the health of its members…  We believe that health is a fundamental human right which has as its prerequisites social justice and equality and that it should be equally available and accessible to all.

         Imam Sa'dullah Khan