Health Care
No family should ever be one emergency room visit away from financial disaster. That’s why I’ve fought to to improve the nation’s health care system to help millions of Ohioans receive the quality, affordable health care they need – from working families to senior citizens to small business owners to children. And I’ve fought to require insurance companies spend consumer’s premium dollars on providing actual care, not overhead expenses and executive salaries. I will also continue to fight to protect Medicare for seniors and improve the affordability and accessibility of health care for all Ohioans. It’s also critical to ensure the health and well-being of our nation’s children. From reversing the disparity in medical research spending on pediatric diseases to ensuring access to comprehensive health care – including oral health care – our nation’s children should be a priority.
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Alongside Holland Family Battling Cystic Fibrosis, Brown Announces Bill To Enhance Pediatric Research
TOLEDO, OH - Alongside a Northwest Ohio family whose daughter is living with cystic fibrosis (CF), U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital to unveil new legislation aimed at designating more funding for pediatric medical research. Brown was joined by fifteen-year-old Rachel Burns who lives with CF and had to be admitted to the hospital last week due to complications with her condition. Despite having CF, she still manages to balance her daily 4 a.m. medical regimen with softball and volleyball practice and remains an honor student at Springfield High School.
“Though children make up 20 percent of the U.S. population, less…Read More
Posted on 2/15/2013 | -
Brown And Rockefeller Say GAO Report Reinforces Need To Extend Health Care Tax Credit
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today said that a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), reemphasizes the need to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) to help workers afford health coverage when they lose their jobs because of foreign outsourcing.
Without Congressional action, the HCTC will expire at the end of 2013 and most of the HCTC-eligible workers will receive less generous tax credits, which could make it harder to afford health coverage while also supporting their families as they look for new jobs or receive job training.
“This is about standing up for hardworking Americans who lo…Read More
Posted on 2/12/2013 | -
Brown Statement On Governor Kasich’s Decision To Implement Health Law Provision Extending Health Coverage To Uninsured Ohioans
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown released the following statement on Governor Kasich’s decision to implement a key provision of the federal health care law that would extend health coverage to more than 450,000 uninsured Ohioans:
“Today’s announcement is good news for health care consumers, taxpayers, and businesses in Ohio. Thanks to this key provision of the health law being implemented in our state, more than 450,000 uninsured Ohioans will gain access to health coverage. This will improve the health of Ohioans, reduce costly emergency room visits that are passed along to taxpayers and employers, and help bring new jobs to our state through a he…Read More
Posted on 2/4/2013 | -
Brown Announces Bill To Enhance Pediatric Research; Joins Dublin Family Battling Rare Disease
Although Children Compose 20 Percent of the U.S. Population, Only About Five-10 Percent of Federal Research Dollars are Directed to Pediatrics
COLUMBUS, OH - One week before Madison Reed, a Dublin teenager who is living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) turns 16, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the Reed family to call for increased funding for pediatric medical research. Doctors predicted that Madison, who was diagnosed in infancy with SMA, would not live past the age of two.
“Ohio is fortunate to have top-tier hospital…Read More
Posted on 1/28/2013 | -
After Reports Indicate Toxic Chemicals At Clyde Park, Sen. Brown Urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency To Work With Community, Park Owners To Further Investigate Site
Clyde, OH-After reports indicated the presence of toxic chemicals at a park outside Green Springs—a few miles from Clyde, a town that is the home of a child “cancer cluster”—U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with the Clyde community and the current park owners to investigate the site. A cancer cluster, as defined by the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), is a “greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over a defined period of time.” Since 1996, at least 37 children within a…Read More
Posted on 11/21/2012 |