A Catholic-run hospital in Oklahoma is locking horns with the Biden administration over an order that it extinguish a candle in its chapel or else lose its federal reimbursements for Medicare and Medicaid.
, as well as vital healthcare for the elderly, poor, and disabled in Oklahoma,” attorney Lori Widham of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty said May 2 in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and other officials.
The church’s rules require “a special lamp, fueled by oil or wax, should shine prominently to indicate the presence of Christ and honor it,” and that the use of “so-called electric vigil lights” is not permitted under guidelines issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. A CMS official warned the hospital’s attorney on April 20 that the facility does not qualify for a waiver of accreditation rules because of the open, unsupervised flame. Public Health Service Capt. Scott J. Cooper said the flame is a hazard, citing an inspection report from The Joint Commission, a hospital accrediting body.
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