Health care as a social good religious values and the american democracyargues that as escalating health costs absorb more and more of family income and government budgets we need to take stock of the full range of health care values to create a different and more affordable community based health care system transformation of that system is . Health care as a social good religious values and the american democracy argues that as escalating health costs absorb more and more of family income and government budgets we need to take stock of the full range of health care values to create a different and more affordable community based health care system transformation of that system . In his 2014 book health care as a social good religious values and american democracy david m craig argues that religious values are vital to the public conversation about health reform in the united states 3the book is divided into two parts of three chapters apiece the first part is titled the moral languages of us health care and describes the ethical and in some cases . Health care as a social good religious values and the american democracy argues that as escalating health costs absorb more and more of family income and government budgets we need to take stock of the full range of health care values to create a different and more affordable community based health care system transformation of that system . 154 the christian librarian 59 1 2016 book reviews health care as a social good religious values and american democracy by david m craig washington dc georgetown university press 2014