Attention to all supporters of SPAN Ohio and universal health care financing for all Ohioans!
SPAN's Lobby Committee is organizing a Lobby/Advocacy Day at the Riffe Center in Columbus on Wednesday, April 19th, to start at 8:30AM and end by 5PM.
We are extending this opportunity to make your voice heard in the Ohio Legislature by signing up to attend our in-person meetings with legislators on that day!
You do not need to be experienced in lobbying. We will give you some instruction and pair you up with an experienced member of our team. No one goes alone.
Please contact your regional coordinator or me if you can attend. We would need to know if you can attend all day, or just 1/2 day, either morning or afternoon.
Don't miss this opportunity to speak out!
Dee Chavez
Chair Lobby Committee
dee49@fuse.net
513-413-1178
Here is the link: https://youtu.be/jDDcTFcP5Ds
Here is the Sharrelle Barber presentation.
Here is the Dr. El-Sayed presentation:
Here is the Claudia Fegan presentation.
Cleveland City Council
Cleveland Heights City Council
Dayton City Commission
Kent City Council
Lakewood City Council
Lucas County Board of Commissioners
Newburgh Heights City Council
Toledo City Council
Get your city or county to join the list! You can get help from Public Citizen:
https://www.medicare4allresolutions.org/
https://www.medicare4allresolutions.org/is-a-local-resolution-already-underway-in-your-community/
https://www.medicare4allresolutions.org/tools-for-activists/
https://youtu.be/AnoGX355oDc
Presenter:
Johnathon Ross MD MPH
Past President, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP.org)
Every two years for more than a decade, the Commonwealth Fund has compared the US healthcare system to the other wealthy nations of the world. Once again in 2021, we are worst in performance despite spending twice as much as many of the best performing nations. How can this be when we have the best hospitals, the best equipment and the best trained physicians and nurses in the world? It’s the system.
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The letter below was sent to Congresswoman Beatty by Bob Krasen the day after their visit to her office.
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty
Ohio District 3
Dear Congresswoman Beatty,
Above is a photo of the group of us from SPAN Ohio and Our Revolution who gathered outside your Columbus Office yesterday. We came to ask you to become a cosponsor of Medicare for All, HR 1976, and to support the Medicare Expansion legislation that hopefully will be included in the reconciliation bill.
This gathering was prompted by the lack of a response to a meeting we had by ZOOM in May with Janay Eyo, a member of your staff, attended by 8 of us, including 6 constituents. We made the same ask of her at that meeting. We have had no response.
One focus of this gathering was the disparity of health in Franklin County found among people of color: 1) life expectancy disparity of 30 years between some ZIP codes; 2) infant mortality 3 times as high; and 3) maternal death rates 3 times as high. While Medicare, passed in 1965, ended segregation in American hospitals, starting the journey toward equality, it was just the beginning of a journey that still presents many barriers to healthy living among people of color. Medicare for All is a final step to create equality, woven into the American health care fabric. It can even be perceived as a "form of reparations" to Native Americans and African Americans for 400 years of racism.
Medicare Enhancement is an incremental approach to the problem of unequal access to health care in this country. But it will help!
I encourage you to make a statement of support and become a cosponsor of this legislation. Please do it NOW! Please contact me with your response to us.
Sincerely,
Bob Krasen, SPAN (Single Payer Action Network) Ohio Columbus Area Coordinator
In addition to any benefits enjoyed by non-member supporters, membership in good standing entitles an individual or an organization representative to vote in SPAN State Council elections, to nominate and hold office in SPAN State Council, to receive a 25% discount on the Annual Conference Registration fee and any other benefits offered to members. Dues and/or contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
In addition to any benefits enjoyed by non-member supporters, membership in good standing entitles an individual or an organization representative to vote in SPAN State Council elections, to nominate and hold office in SPAN State Council, to receive a 25% discount on the Annual Conference Registration fee and any other benefits offered to members. Dues and/or contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
18” x 24“
We are asking for a donation of $5 to $15 for individual signs.
At this point we are not mailing out signs. If you would like a Medicare for All Lawn Sign, please contact the person closest to you.
Cincinnati: Dee Chavez (513-413-1178) Dee49@fuse.net
ALSO AVAILABLE - Bumper Stickers
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