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Republican “Replacement” for the Affordable Care Act Falls Way Short

Submitted by kgmeiner on Tue, 02/04/2014 – 2:56pm By: Kathleen Gmeiner, Project Director, OCHC Three Republican Senators – Orrin Hatch, Tom Coburn and Richard Burr – introduced on January 27, 2014 the Republican replacement plan to go with their party’s call to “repeal and replace Obamacare.” It’s called the “Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment

UHCAN Ohio – Our Journey Continues

Submitted by achenault on Wed, 04/23/2014 – 4:35pm If you know anything about UHCAN Ohio, you may be puzzled about the seemingly odd assortment of work we do. ACA implementation makes sense, but why are we engaged in a dental access campaign, a report on community health workers, building the voice of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries in

Ohio Dentists Reflect on Visit to Alaska to See Dental Therapists in Action – 10/22/14

Submitted by achenault on Wed, 10/22/2014 – 12:00pm Three Ohio dentists who are leaders in providing quality dental care to all Ohioans have traveled to Alaska to review the education program for the Dental Health Aid Therapists.  We asked them recently to reflect on their experience and help paint the picture of how Dental Therapists

Ohio Needs to Change Reimbursement Rates for Unnecessary Hospital Readmissions – 10/22/14

Submitted by achenault on Wed, 10/22/2014 – 12:41pm By: Cathy Levine, Executive Director, UHCAN Ohio.   Ten years ago, my mother was readmitted to a suburban New York hospital after shoulder surgery, for a urinary tract infection caused by the catheter used during surgery – considered a preventable infection (they then made her very sick

Advocates Concerned About Confusion as MyCare Ohio Kicks In on January 1

Submitted by achenault on Mon, 01/05/2015 – 11:56am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                            CONTACT: John Arnold, 614-456-0060 ext. 237 December 15, 2014  Advocates Concerned About Confusion as MyCare Ohio Kicks In on January 1  Nearly 100,000 Ohioans who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are currently enrolled in managed care plans of MyCare Ohio, the

Your End-of-Year Donations Will Power Our Work in 2015 – 1/14/15

Submitted by achenault on Wed, 01/14/2015 – 2:08pm We are grateful for your generous gifts in the last weeks of 2014.  Thanks to your support, UHCAN Ohio will continue, in 2015, to build the consumer voice to shape health care polices and develop solutions to meet Ohioans’ needs. In 2015, we will: connect with more