Ohio's Broken Healthcare

[irishbobcat]

Ohio's Healthcare System is Broken

April 7, 2008

Our health care system is broken. Here's what wrong today:

1.5 million Ohioans have no health insurance and millions more have inadequate coverage.

People who do not have insurance are only one illness or job change away from losing it.

Thousands of Americans die each year because they can't afford health care.

46% of personal bankrupcies are related to medical expenses.

The World Health Organization ranks the U.S. health care system 37th in quality compared to other countries.

Americans spend nearly twice as much per person on health care as any other country and get less for it.

Spending on drugs has increased by 500% since 1990.

$11.6 billion dollars is wasted annually in Ohio by complex and inefficient private health insurance system with 20% to 30% administrative overhead.

So why do our current state representatives and state senators still continue to support this broken system?

That is why I support SPAN Ohio.

Dennis Spisak-Independent Green Party Candidate for State Representative-60th district.

campaign site: [votespisak.tripod.com]