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Monday, October 8, 2012

Gay Marriage Gay Marriage Is Good Health

Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:29 PM

Fresh from the inbox:

Group Health Cooperative’s 11-member Board of Trustees has voted to support R-74, which would uphold Senate Bill 6239, allowing civil marriage for same-sex couples. The board stated that creating a welcoming environment for all our patients is an important aspect of creating equal access to care.

I'm not in love with every aspect of Group Health, but I do love this. Group Health has 400,000 patients in the Pacific Northwest. And we'd never see this sort of advocacy from their counterparts at most of the hospitals around here—because most of the hospitals around here are being taken over by anti-gay, anti-choice Catholics.

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It's good to see the Cooperative getting on with R-74. Us older folks will remember GHC having a long, solid history supporting things like a woman's right to choose (especially when it mattered in WA in the late 80's, early 90's) and universal health care (2000's). I suppose it helps to also have a Board elected by members, and members that believe that we are all better when we're in it together then when we go it alone.

Posted by michaelp on October 8, 2012 at 12:55 PM

I've been with Group Health for 13 years, and have nothing but good things to say about them. What are some common critiques?

Posted by ohthetrees on October 8, 2012 at 1:12 PM

@2: I've heard some people complain that they can't get adequate treatment for chronic, not-easily-pigeon-holed illnesses. but I've always got good health care there.

Posted by TVDinner

on October 8, 2012 at 1:36 PM

How does the Roman Catholic Church keep all those hospitals open, anyway? This sounds like a perilous business model if the church were to suddenly stop getting millions of dollars in donations every year.

Posted by Fistique on October 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM

@4, Catholics tend to have children, and birthing suites are money-makers for hospitals.

Posted by sarah70 on October 8, 2012 at 5:17 PM