The UMC’s General Board of Church and Society cheered the U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday that upholds the health care act championed by President Obama. “The Affordable Care Act is a huge step in the right direction and we celebrate provisions in that law that continue to fill the gaps and expand existing health care, particularly to low-income Americans,” said a statement released by Jim Winkler, top executive of Church and Society, and the Rev. Cynthia Abrams, the agency’s director for Alcohol, Other Addictions & Health Care. The statement noted [...]