New!
 Ohio Campaign for
Better Care
Main
Goals:
To fundamentally change the
health care delivery system to improve care for older adults
with multiple health conditions
To create and strong, independent and lasting consumer voice by
organizing older adults and their families as activists for
better care
For more information, including fact
sheets about the Ohio Campaign for Better Care, visit our web
page at
http://www.uhcanohio.org/ohiocampaignforbettercare.htm
Click here to see a list of organizations that have endorsed the
Ohio Campaign for Better Care.
Click here for CBC
endorsement form.
If you have additional questions contact
Cathy Levine,
clevine@uhcanohio.org.
New UHCAN Ohio
Project!
Dental
Care is Unaffordable and Inaccessible for Many Ohio Residents
People suffer with dental
pain everyday because Ohio has 56 federally designated dental
health professional shortage areas, mostly due to inadequate
numbers of dentists who serve rural and low-income patients.
This dental care shortage impacts the most vulnerable the
hardest. The most threatened include pregnant moms and their
children, families of color, people living in Appalachia and
other rural areas, and creates significant barriers for people
with disabilities.
Dental Access Now! is a
project of UHCAN Ohio, funded by the Kellogg Foundation which
will work to reduce these shortages by expanding the dental care
team.
To find out more about this
project click here.
If you have questions contact
David Maywhoor at 614-456-0060 Ext 225 or
dmaywhoor@uhcanohio.org.
Read the statement from UHCAN Executive Director Cathy Levine
and UHCAN Ohio Board member Col Owens, who are the co-chairs of
the Ohio Consumers for Health Coverage.
Read the
Action Alert from Community Catalyst linking you to the vote
tally and suggesting ways that you can thank your member of
Congress.
Click Here For More
Information on National & State Health Care Reform Efforts!
Tell Us Your Story!
Help to
Ensure Affordable Health Care to
More Ohioans!
We are collecting stories for the Ohio
Consumers for Health Coverage
and other coalitions supporting health care funding.
We cannot fix the
broken health care system without your help. We need your voice
to be heard.
Are you uninsured
or do you have insurance that fails to provide you the coverage
you need the most?
Has cost been a
barrier to you receiving the health care that you need?
Has a
pre-existing condition kept you from getting adequate or
affordable coverage?
Tell us your
story.
Click here to submit your story.
Click here to
read stories of real Ohioans and their need for affordable
health care.
Join the Coalition!
Ohio
Consumers for Health Coverage
Click here to visit
the OCHC Website!
About
OCHC (A
coalition convened by UHCAN Ohio)
Ohio Consumers for Health Coverage
(OCHC)
combines the forces of health care consumers and advocates
for access to health care, to create a united consumer voice for
health care reform.
Ohio’s policy makers and stakeholder groups are working on proposals to
expand access to affordable health care. Businesses,
hospitals, insurers and other stakeholders are actively
protecting their interests. But who is looking out for
consumers?
We need a strong, united consumer voice
to make sure reforms meet the needs of all Ohioans.
We need state
and local consumer organizations and individual advocates to get
involved! Click here to
learn about our principles and strategies for reform.
New!
Click here to visit
the OCHC website.
Click
here to read OCHC Regional Newsletters.
Give
input on priorities and concerns. Sign up for the latest
developments in Ohio health care reform.
Click here to submit
questions.
Click
here for a list of OCHC endorsing organizations.
Click
here for Ohio Consumers for Health Coverage endorsement form.
T.R. Reid
addresses a crowd of 200 at our Cleveland Event!
T.R. Reid 6-20-09 Cleveland Ohio,
photo by Jon Groner.
“The design of a health care
system is reflective of our moral values. No other country lets
people go bankrupt for medical bills."
Renowned journalist TR Reid, who
wrote the PBS documentary, “Sick Around the World,” wanted to
understand how and why other industrialized nations are able to
provide quality health care to all of its people, while spending
far less than the US does, with its 48 million uninsured.
At UHCAN Ohio’s Cleveland fundraiser, Reid gave us a preview of
his upcoming book, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for
Better, Cheaper, Fairer Care - a riveting account of his
research adventures, what he learned, and what he came to
understand.
Speaking in the magnificent
sanctuary of Trinity Cathedral, Reid, a devout Roman Catholic,
stated that the venue was most appropriate, because health care
is a deeply moral issue.
Click here to read full
story.
Are you thinking of selling or trading that old car, boat or RV?
Why not donate it to help support the work of Uhcan Ohio.
As a charitable contribution your donation could make a
BIG difference.
Click here for vehicle
donation information
Click here for vehicle
donation form
UHCAN Ohio is a member of Greater Cleveland
Community Shares
www.communityshares.org
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