While Ted Entertained Bubba, Many in Ohio Went to Bed With NO Healthcare

[irishbobcat]

Is that the best America and Ohio can offer your son, Sarge? I think not...and I hope not.....

[sfc_oliver]

It actually amazes me. My son has been laid off for about 3 months now. He went to his podiatrist today (He has nerve damage in his feet from type 2 Diabetes). And he paid $60 out of his unemployment. He didn't complain about it one bit. He also pays for all his medications and testing supplies. No complaints there either.

(The Doctor did inform him that he should apply for disability. He hadn't even thought that, but was looking for work where he wouldn't be on his feet)

[irishbobcat]

While Governor Ted Strickland entertained Bill Clinton yesterday at $1,000 a plate fund raisers in Toledo and Youngstown, thousands of Ohioans went to bed last night still with no health care coverage.

Instead of trying to push the Health Care for All Ohioans Act through the Ohio House and Senate, Ted Strickland wined and dined with folks who could afford their own health care plans.

The single-payer health care system that The Ohio Green Party advocates for Ohio under the Health Care For All Ohioans Act is one in which every resident would have comprehensive medical coverage with the bills paid by a government-administered fund – a sort of Medicare for all. There would be no co-payments, no deductibles and no premiums. There would be no exclusions because of income, job status, pre-existing conditions or any other reason. Delivery of medical services would remain in private hands. Patients would have the right to select their own physicians.