The Becket Fund is threatening legal action against the HHS after an agency demanded Saint Francis Health System remove a sacred candle from its chapel or lose federal funding.
Saint Francis Health System, located in Tulsa Oklahoma, was told that its solitary candle in the chapel of Saint Francis Hospital South was a safety hazard, and unless it is extinguished, it would lose its eligibility to accept Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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.
Saint Francis Health System and Nobis Rehabilitation Partners signed a joint venture agreement for Tulsa Rehabilitation Hospital. Tulsa Rehab Hospital, recently