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Policies

While many policies adopted by the General Assembly impact health and wholeness, others directly relate to the work of National Health Ministries. The following are those actions:

 
             
  Health Care and Insurance  
             
 

Health Care Access Resolution directs Congress to enact legislation by October 2004 that provides access to comprehensive health care for all Americans.

Equal Access to Health Care from the 214 General Assembly (2002)

Advocacy on Behalf of the Uninsured from the 214th General Assembly (2002)

Christian Responsibility and a National Medical Plan, from the 203rd General Assembly (1991)

Life Abundant: Values, Choices And Health Care—The Responsibility And Role of The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a policy statement adopted by the 200th General Assembly (1988).

 
             
  Care Team Ministries  
             
  Care Team Ministries, 212th General Assembly (2000)  
             
  Substance Abuse  
             
 

Freedom and Substance Abuse, from the 205th General Assembly (1993)

Alcohol Use and Abuse: The Social and Health Effects—Reports and Recommendations by The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 198th General Assembly (1986).

 
             
  HIV/AIDS  
             
  To Meet Aids with Grace and Truth, some Presbyterian church actions dealing with HIV/AIDS: AIDS Not Punishment, 198th General Assembly (1986); AIDS and the Church as a Healing Community, 200th General Assembly (1988); and AIDS Discrimination Prohibition, 201st General Assembly (1989).  
             
  Mental Illness  
             
  The Church and Serious Mental Illness, A Report and Resolution, from the 200th General Assembly (1988).  
             
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