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Celeste to Discuss Autism Insurance Bill

The Autism Speaks student chapter at The Ohio State University will host Rep. Ted Celeste and advocate Doug Krinksy for a discussion of a bill to ensure insurance coverage for autism and a review of autism advocacy in Columbus. The meeting will be held Friday, March 6, at 5 p.m. in 167 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave., on the Columbus campus. HB 8 would require private health insurance companies to cover the screening, diagnosis, testing and treatment of autism. The meeting is open and free to the public. Public parking is available after 4 p.m.

Hands Off Medicaid Rally & Press Conference

Hands Off Medicaid!

Rally and Press Conference to tell Steve Stivers to stop taking Medicaid away from those in need.

Thursday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

John W. Bricker Federal Building, 200 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio (Map)

Participating organizations: Ohio Communities United, Alliance for Retired Americans and ProgressOhio

ONN: Health care and business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Ohio Means Business"
Topic: federal health care reform law and how it affects businesses

Guests: W.C. Benton, professor and health care management expert, Fisher College of Business
Tom Strauss, president and CEO of Summa Health System
Mary Jo Hudson, attorney at Bailey Cavalieri
Bruce Davis, consultant at Findley Davies

Rebroadcast 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10, and 12:30 a.m. Monday, April 11.

Read more: http://www.onntv.com

Memorial Day Parade, Grandview Heights

Grandview Memorial Day Parade down West First Avenue
Saturday, May 29 - 9 am
Cambridge and 3rd in Grandview (map)
Parade route is west on 1st to Oxley

Support Ted Celeste and Mary Jo Kilroy.

Wear your Ted Celeste T-Shirt and join us in standing up for Ted's positive campaign for the 24th District.

Walk with Mary Jo Kilroy in support of her vote in favor of healthcare reform and her reelection to the 15th Congressional District.

Celeste RSVP. Need a Celeste T-Shirt? Contact info@tedceleste.com

To march with the Kilroy campaign, bring your Kilroy t-shirt. Kilroy RSVP Katie DeCarlo, kdecarlo@ohiodems.org or 258-4167.

Health Care Reform with Tom Daschle SOLD OUT

SOLD OUT

Senator Thomas Daschle

Perspectives on Health Care Reform

Tuesday, April 27

4 p.m.

Fawcett Center Assembly Hall Auditorium, 2400 Olentangy River Road

Limited seating still available; RSVP required: please send your reservation request to apr27@jgippm.ohio-state.edu or call 614-688-3206, ext. 1. We expect this event to sell out quickly so RSVP soon for your chance at a seat.

Where is the U.S. now with regard to health care reform? What does the new Federal health care law mean for you? Join former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle for an insider’s look at one of the largest changes in national health policy in recent history. Thomas Daschle, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota, served in Congress from 1978 to 2005. An outspoken advocate for health care reform, Daschle authored Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.

Co-sponsored by The Ohio State University Medical Center, and presented as the Glenn School’s 2010 Stanley C. Muroff Civil Liberties Forum

Rally for Autism April 14, 2010

Rally for Autism
Wednesday, April 14
11 a.m., Ohio Statehouse

Join Rep. Ted Celeste and other advocates in urging Ohio senators to approve House Bill 8, Ted's call for improved insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Please bring signs (without poles!). Kids' activities provided.

Contact: askASO@autismohio.org

 

Walk Feb. 26 for women's rights

Join in! Ohio Walk for Choice

Independent national grassroots effort in support of women's rights!

Saturday , February 26,
Noon, march from Wexner Center Plaza, North High Street at 15th Avenue, to the Ohio Statehouse (approximately 3 miles)
OR 2 p.m., rally at the Statehouse
Speakers, music and activities advocating for women’s rights
Details

Walk for Choice logoFight against the Congressional “Smith Bill,” (H.R. Bill 3), the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which would end comprehensive health insurance and the legality of an abortion in life-threatening pregnancies. The “Pitts Bill” (H.R. Bill 358) to ban abortion coverage in state-based health insurance established under the new health care law. And the “Pence Bill” (H.R. Bill 217) to remove the Title X Family Planning Program and preventative care, including annual exams, cancer screenings, contraceptive services, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections – services which make up 97 percent of Planned Parenthood’s funding in Ohio.

In Ohio, there is the “Heartbeat Bill,” as well as House Bills 7 and 78, which seek to place laws against later-term abortions. House Bill 79 to prohibit abortion coverage in health insurance plans offered by the state, and House Bill 63 and Senate Bill 8, both posing further restrictions upon minors attempting to judicially bypass parental consent for an abortion. Read more.

Contact: Nikki Skrinak at Nikki.Skrinak@gmail.com or 614-354-2765

Another attack on health care for women

Cutting Planned Parenthood

Anti-abortion Republican Congress members are hurting women, in particular poor women, in the guise of saving money to balance the budget.

In a 240-185 vote Feb. 17, our representatives approved a provision to strip all federal funding from Planned Parenthood health centers.

This is truly an emergency for Planned Parenthood and women's health. Anti-choice leaders in the House forced a vote on $317 million for Title X (aid for family planning programs) that denies Planned Parenthood health centers every dime of $75 million in federal funding. Without that funding, many low-income people would lose access to their only source of basic health care.

Some pundits predict this effort will die in the Senate. But we have to make sure.

Call now and tell Ohio's Republican Sen. Rob Portman to vote NO. You can reach him at his Washington office, 202-224-3353, Columbus office, 614-469-6774, or by email.

What Planned Parenthood does

blood pressure checkYou may not realize the range of care that Planned Parenthood provides. The huge majority of clients turn to them for birth control (to actually avert the need for abortions), cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care. For many (including people that you know who have no or inadequate insurance coverage), Planned Parenthood clinics are the only source for these services.

The consequences of passing this bill are clear — and they would be devastating. More women would have unintended pregnancies. Cancer would develop, undiagnosed, in countless women. There is no doubt: cutting off millions of women from care they have no other way to afford places them at risk of sickness and death.

Speak out now — demand that Portman vote NO.

Read more: New York Times, "Planned Parenthood and its supporters are working to bolster defenses in the Senate. They hope that the Title X program - including a share for their group - will be restored as the two sides of Congress compromise on a spending bill. But supporters like Representative Diana DeGette, Democrat of Colorado and a leader of the abortion rights caucus, fear that protection of family planning could 'get lost in the larger issue of the budget.'"

Another attack on healthcare

Right now, Congress is considering a provision to strip all federal funding from Planned Parenthood health centers.

This is truly an emergency for Planned Parenthood and women's health. Anti-choice leaders in the House are forcing a vote on Title X that would deny Planned Parenthood health centers every dime of federal funding. Without this funding, many people would lose access to their only source of basic health care.

Call now and tell Rep. Steve Stivers to vote NO. You can reach him at his Washington office, 202-225-2015, or District office in Columbus, 614-299-6415.

You may not realize the range of care that Planned Parenthood provides. Women and teens turn to them for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care. For many (including people that you know who don't have adequate insurance coverage), Planned Parenthood clinics are the only source for these services.

The consequences of passing this bill are clear — and they would be devastating. More women would have unintended pregnancies. Cancer would develop, undiagnosed, in countless women. There is no doubt: cutting off millions of women from care they have no other way to afford places them at risk of sickness and death.

That's exactly what Congress is voting on right now. Speak out now — demand that Rep. Stivers vote NO.

For Many, Health Care Relief Begins Today

The Kaiser Family Foundation has created this surprisingly helpful cartoon explaining the healthcare bill:

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