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MISSION STATEMENT 

 Reclaim Christian Values based health insurance by educating religious leaders, policy makers and the American public on the need to reform corporate and public policy to allow discriminating consumers a "conscience based choice" in selecting health insurance.

SERVICES 

Christus Medicus Foundation (CMF) is available to help your organization to explore the availability of Christian Values based health insurance programs by providing the following seminar and educational services:

Educational Seminar

(5 hours) Past, Current, and Future Trends of  Healthcare in the U.S (Seminar includes a free evaluation of your current health plan language on birth and end of life issues)

 1)    Introduction – Background of Christus Medicus, Its Mission and Dedication to Educate Americans on the Need for Christ-centered Healthcare    

 2)    The Undermining of Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Information and Freedom of Religion in Healthcare

    a) State and Federal Mandates

    b) Corporate Socialism, the Moral and Ethical Manipulation of Healthcare

 3)    The Need for Respect Life and Profamily Activism in Healthcare

 4)    Catholic Healthcare Under Assault and the Enormous Opportunity to Evangelize

 5)    Concrete Solutions to Redirect Health Insurance Premiums Financing Evil to Health Insurance that Will Transform Our Culture to a "Culture of Life"

 

Educational Services

  • Evaluation of existing language on beginning and ending of life issues    in employee healthcare Plan Documents
     
  • Recommend Language for Healthcare Plan Documents That Are Consistent with the Teaching of the Catholic Catechism and Ethical and Religious Directives of Catholic Healthcare
     
  • Evaluation of Insurer's and Administrator's Involvement in Providing Coverage in Health Plans That Are Contrary to Christian Values
     
  • Technical Evaluation of Third Party Administrators
     
  • Assistance in Removing Sterilization, Contraception and Abortion for Rape and Incest Victims From SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Programs)  - Use of Michigan's Success as a Model to Help Other States).

 Fax and e-mail are the most cost effective and precise ways for your organization to communicate with our CMF office.

 Don't Be Forced to Allow Health Insurance in Your State and/or in Your Organization to Subsidize Abortion, Contraception, and Sterilization!

 

    Michael O'Dea has been involved in the healthcare industry for twenty-nine years. He has published articles and spoken to the prolife community on health care issues for the last twelve years. He is founder and Executive Director of the Christus Medicus Foundation (CMF). For the last four years he has been President/CEO of the ValuSure Corporation, a unique management resource and benefits consulting firm, specializing in prolife health care . Michael J. O'Dea is married and father of seven children, of which five are adopted. Mr. O'Dea is a Roman Catholic and an active participant at St. Michael's Parish in Southfield, MI and serves as Chairman for Project Life. He founded and has been a board member of Mother & Unborn Baby Care, a non-profit charitable organization that assists mothers faced with a crisis pregnancy, since its inception in 1984.  Out of the 750 charitable organizations nominated in 1995, Mother and Unborn Baby Care was selected one of the three recipients of the Acton Institute's Samaritan Award for their dedicated commitment to serving others. Along with his wife, Peggy, Mr. O'Dea has been housing and counseling pregnant mothers since 1980. He is a speaker for the pro-life cause with a special interest in speaking to young people and promoting adoption, chastity and natural family planning. Mr. O'Dea is an MBA graduate from the University of Detroit.  He entered the United States Army in 1967 as a Private, attended Officer Candidate School, where he was commissioned in 1968.  He served both in the United States and Vietnam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star.

             "Good morality and economic justice is good business!"

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e-mail: mikeodea@christusmedicus.com

 

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