How The Health Care for All Ohioans Act Would Work

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How The Health Care for All Ohioans Act Would Work

Under the Health Care for all Ohioan Act, All Ohioans would be covered for all medical necessary services, including: doctor, hospital,preventive, long-term care, mental health,reproductibe health care, dental, vision, prescription drug, and medical supply costs.

Doctors would be paid fee-for-service or receive salary from a hospital or nonprofit HMO/group practice. The system would pay hospitals,for operating expenses. Health facilities and expensive equipment purchases would be managed by health boards.

A single-payer system would be financed by eliminating private insurers and saving what they waste on profit,administration,and harassing patients and doctors. Premiums and out-of-pocket payments currently paid by individuals and business would be replaced by modest new taxes amounting to half or 2/3 what we pay now. Such savings are impossible if the killing, profiteering insurers stay in business.

Costs would be controlled through preventing disease instead of treating it later,negotiated fees, budgeting, and bulk purchasing.