I believe their funding is by assessment of their member hospitals, thus the Church and Charities indirectly fund them. I am not sure if there is direct funding.
The decision to back the compromise is an exercise in moral relativism. The old evil of abortion versus what they perceive to be the common good for their members and patients.
Please remember that Catholic Hospitals are run like any other hospital business.Even though they are profit in name, they still must make a profit to stay in business.However, through the charities and spirituality, they are able and do make available a great amount of free care.
It would be uplifting though to see them take an absolute moral stand against the murder of innocents.
I spoke with Fred Caesar this morning when I called to ask if CHA received money from the Catholic Church or Catholic Charities. His answer to me was “No, we do not”. I have since emailed him the following.
“Based on your Association’s recent support of the Health Care Bill now in Congress, I was interested in learning from whom you receive your financing. Can you answer this question for me? Are any of your operating funds received from Catholic hospitals or any organizations that have received donated monies from Catholic Charities? Is there a website that I can find that lists your donors or can you send me a list of your donors?
Thank you and have a Blessed Christmas and New Year,”
I have not yet received a reply from Mr. Caesar. I know that in this day and age, a person cannot ask a direct question and receive a direct answer. What I am referring to is the situation with The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/catholic-charit.html), when not too long ago it was discovered that they had been giving money to ACORN who turned around and gave it to Planned Parenthood. I do not think that Catholics want their donations funneled through one organization after another to end up with their donated money going to pay for abortions.