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Your source on union-negotiated health care
benefits
Cover the Uninsured Week runs
statewide, May 10-16; OCSEA health care policy expert to address community
forum in Columbus
May 5, 2004 -
Did you know that more than one million Ohioans are uninsured?
Our health care system is broken and it affects all of us, even public
employee union members who are covered under their union negotiated contracts.
Cover the Uninsured Week will take place from
May 10-16, 2004 in communities across the country, including
Columbus. It is the nation’s largest coordinated effort to promote
the goal of affordable health coverage for all Americans. Co-chaired by
former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter,
this weeklong series of national and local activities is part of a year-round,
nonpartisan effort. The campaign’s goal is to make it a national
priority to find solutions for the nearly 44 million Americans
who have no health insurance.
COLUMBUS
Marianne Steger, OCSEA Director of Human
Resources and Health Care Policy, will speak Monday, May 10,
at the Community Forum. Steger (right), along with a panel of other health
care policy experts, will take questions and comments during a discussion
about the current health care crisis and possible solutions. The keynote
speaker is Bill Hayes, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Health Policy
Institute of Ohio.
The forum will be held at the Columbus Health Department,
240 Parsons Ave. in Columbus, Ohio. Refreshments and
registration begins at 4:30 p.m. and the program starts at 5 p.m. For
more information, call 614-252-3157.
Central Ohio partners include:
- SEIU Ohio State Council
- OSU Medical Center
- UHCAN Ohio (OCSEA is a member)
- Children’s Defense Fund – Ohio
- Central Community House
- Columbus Children’s Hospital
- Ohio Hospital Association
- OhioHealth
- Ohio Association of Free Clinics
- AARP.
Other Ohio communities are participating, too:
CLEVELAND Browse
Cleveland
listing or contact the Cleveland field coordinator, Alan Melamed,
at 216-831-4884 or almelamed@prodigy.net
to view the four events planned Monday - Thursday.
cINCINATTI Browse
the local
listing. One event per day is planned in Cincinnatti.
nORTHEAST OHIO Browse
the Northeast
listing for events April and May event information, or contact Tedd
Warden, Central Regional Field Coordinator, at 202-572-2906 or Tedd.Warden@GMMB.com.
SOUTEAST OHIO Browse
the Southeast
Ohio listing for events April and May event information, or contact
Tedd Warden, Central Regional Field Coordinator, at 202-572-2906 or
Tedd.Warden@GMMB.com.
SOUTHWEST OHIO Browse
the Southwest
Ohio listing for events for May 10 event information, or contact
Rhonda Freeze, at 513-887-4116 or Freezr01@odjfs.state.oh.us
NATIONAL The Columbus
forum is a part of a larger national effort that is led by some of the
most influential organizations in the United States, including the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, which are working with more than
800 national and local organizations. Noah Wyle, star of the popular television
show “ER,” is serving as the campaign’s national spokesperson.
Cover the Uninsured Week Activities:
- Health fairs for families without health coverage
- Enrollment in public coverage programs such as
- Medicaid and SCHIP
- Health coverage seminars for small businesses on
options for covering employees
- Discussions in medical, nursing and public health
schools
- Opportunities for faith-based action
- Media events and the release of new research on the
uninsured
- Paid advertising and public service announcements
- Opportunities to speak up and volunteer in communities
coast to coast
National partners include: U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
AFL-CIO, Healthcare Leadership Council, Service Employees International
Union, American Medical Association, National Medical Association American
Nurses Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, America’s
Health Insurance Plans, American Hospital Association, Federation of American
Hospitals, Catholic Health Association of the United States, Families
USA, AARP United Way of America, National Council of La Raza, The California
Endowment, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
For more information, browse www.CoverTheUninsuredWeek.org
or email Info@CoverTheUninsuredWeek.org
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