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State Health Care Issues Health Care Access & Affordability The Ohio General Assembly is examining health care access and affordability issues in Ohio. The newly created House Healthcare Access & Affordability Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Raussen (R-Cincinnati), plans to analyze Ohio's existing health care system that impacts Ohioans from birth through their entrance into long term care, through a series of subgroups that include Medicaid, Medicare, the uninsured populations and Ohio's hospital system. In addition, the committee will examine: the rising number of uninsured adults in the state; the rising costs of Medicaid; and the reasoning for rapidly increasing health care costs. Similarly, the Senate Health, Human Services & Aging Committee has begun hearing testimony similarly to the House Healthcare Access & Affordability Committee on top challenges facing Ohio’s hospitals and health care delivery system.
Rep. Raussen's Sponsor Testimony
OHA Health Care Reform Committee Web Site
Hospital Testimony Tim Robinson, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Nationwide Children's Hospital Nick Lashutka, President, Ohio Children's Hospital Association Brent Carson, VP Managed Care Contracting, University Hospitals Charles Alderson, Chief Financial Officer, Wadsworth Rittman Hospital/Summa Barberton Hospital Timothy Teynor, Vice President of Public Policy, Aultman Health Foundation Renee George, Regional Vice President of Revenue Cycle, Mercy Health Partners Southwest Ohio Tracy Carter, Director Advocacy & Health Policy, Summa Health System Dan Paoletti, Senior Director, Ohio Hospital Association Mary E. Duffey, Executive Director Health Care Workforce Center, Greater Cincinnati Health Council Colleen O'Toole, PhD., President, Greater Cincinnati Health Council Mary Duffey, Executive Director Health Care Workforce Center, Greater Cincinnati Health Council John Callender, Senior Vice President & CFO, Ohio Hospital Association August 8, 2007 attachment 1 attachment 2 Ryan Biles, Manager of Health Policy, Ohio Hospital Association Tom Sieber, President & CEO, Genesis Healthcare System John Sideras, President & CEO, MetroHealth System Jill M. Barber, Regional Manager Managed Care, Community Health Partners Tom Urban, President & CEO, Mercy Health Partners A. Gus Kious, M.D., CEO, Huron Hospital Tom Urban, President & CEO, Mercy Health Partners Heidi Gartland, Vice President Government Affairs, University Hospitals Bridget Gargan, Vice President State Policy & Advocacy, Ohio Hospital Association
Other Testimony Cathy J. Levine, J.D., Executive Director, UHCAN Ohio Tim Keen, Senior Policy Advisor for Auditor of State Mary Taylor William D. Hayes, Ph.D., Health Policy Institute William J. Dennis Jr., National Federation of Independent Business/Ohio Michael A. Morrisey, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health Chris Collins, Legislative Director, SEIU Ohio State Council Geri Recht, Towers Perrin Kala Landenheim, National Conference of State Legislatures John Sheils, Vice President, The Lewin Group
News Coverage Legislator proposes subsidies to expand health coverage The Enquirer, 01.29.08
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