Catholic hospitals aren't as generous as they claim, new report says

When critics raise concerns that Catholic hospitals limit access to reproductive and end of life services, the response is often that Catholic health systems provide communities with much-needed charity care. But a new report finds that, nationally, Catholic hospitals don’t provide significantly more charity care than other types of hospitals. The report by the American Civil Liberties Union and MergerWatch calculated the ratio of charity care to total patient revenues. Using those data, the report…