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The Ohio chapters of Progressive Democrats of America unanimously endorse the Single-Payer Action Network Ohio (SPAN Ohio) plan to bring every resident of the Buckeye State fully guaranteed and comprehensive health care coverage. When adopted, every resident will be covered for a full range of medical services: hospitalization, prescriptions, vision and dental care, home care, long-term care, mental health care, and medically necessary care for all injuries and illnesses. Obtaining good health care will no longer be a matter of where one falls on the economic spectrum, but will be something in which all can fully participate.
PDA, a proponent of single-payer health care at the national level for all Americans, knows that historically it is through seminal state initiatives bubbling up at the grassroots level that change begins. The SPAN initiative, sometimes referred to as single-payer universal health care, would free individuals, small businesses, and corporations from the onerous costs associated with medical coverage, eliminate expensive and unnecessary paperwork and insurance costs, and give the 1.3 million uninsured Ohioans coverage.
Those interests who oppose Americans seeking common solutions for the common good have circulated many myths regarding single-payer health care, and one can be assured that those profiting from the labyrinth that is our present health care system will fight Ohioans working together for positive and sensible change.
PDA’s Ohio chapters will help SPAN in any way they can to effectively bring their educational and petition campaign to as many Ohioans as possible in the coming months.
Only through all Ohioans working together for the welfare of one another will we make the changes necessary to see that each of us, regardless of economic level or the vicissitudes of life, have an equal opportunity to live healthier lives, have appropriate care for our family and loved ones, and promote a more equitable society that serves the common good.
To see what you or your organization can do to help in this effort and to familiarize yourself with the finer points and the facts about single-payer health care, please visit SPAN at their site: www.spanohio.org We call on all Ohio activists organizations to join SPAN in this noble endeavor to bring a better and more dignified quality of life to the people of Ohio.
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