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4 things the Senate needs to do to make health care affordable

1.     Make health care affordable at work

Require all but the smallest employers to help pay for their employees’ health coverage.

Ø The Senate should adopt the HELP Committee’s requirements that employers who have 25 or more employees pay for a reasonable share of their employee’s health coverage.

Ø The Senate Finance bill let’s employer’s off the hook and shifts the cost to workers and taxpayers.

2.     Make health care affordable for those not at work

Be sure that people who don’t get health coverage at work can afford their premiums and have reasonable out-of-pocket costs.

Ø The Senate should adopt the affordability credits in the HELP bill.

Ø The Senate Finance bill will cost the typical family $3,900 a year in higher health care costs, much more than families can afford.

3.     Give us the choice of a public health insurance option

We need a public health insurance option to compete with private health insurance and force them to jk

Ø The Senate HELP bill gives people the choice of a public option, so we are not left at the mercy of the high prices and bad practices of private insurance companies.

Ø The Senate Finance bill forces us to buy coverage from private insurance companies.

4.     Don’t tax health our health coverage

There’s a better way to pay for health care reform than taxing health care benefits. Taxing benefits will raise premiums and out-of-pocket costs and lower wages.

Ø The Senate should reject the Senate Finance Committee’s proposals to tax higher cost health benefits. It will raise costs and cut benefits and wages for middle-class families across America.

Ø The Senate should raise the money needed for health reform by raising revenues on those who earn more than $250,000.

and the one thing you need to do

Call your Senator at 1-877-264-HCAN and say:

Do the 4 things we need for affordable health

Which Senate Bill Will Make Health Care
Affordable to Your Family?

A comparison of the Senate HELP* and Finance Bills

Affordable at work?

Under health care reform the great majority of Americans – more than two-thirds of those under 65 - will continue to get health coverage at work.

	Senate Finance Bill	Senate HELP Bill
Will your employer be required to offer health insurance	NO	YES*
Will your employer be required to help pay for your coverage	NO	YES*

* Applies to employers of 25 employees or more.

The HELP bill will mean affordable coverage at work!

Affordable if you don’t get coverage at work?

If you don’t get coverage at work you’ll get coverage through a new health insurance marketplace called an “exchange.” The amount of premiums you pay and your out-of-pocket costs will be based on your income. The government will provide tax credits to help you afford the high cost of coverage.

Based on the average income ($55,100) and typical medical expenses for a four-person family	Senate Finance Bill Annual Family Costs	Senate HELP Bill Annual Family Costs	HELP is more affordable by
Premiums	$5,200	$3,100	$2,100
Out-of-pocket	$3,900	$2,100	$1,800
Total family costs	$9,100	$5,200	$3,900

Note: For families of all incomes with typical health expenses the HELP bill saves more or costs the same.

The HELP bill will save the average family $3,900 a year!

Call your Senator and say:

Support the HELP bill on employer responsibility and making coverage affordable

*HELP is the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the U.S. Senate formerly chaired by Senator Kennedy.

YOU ARE INVITED?

to a reception in honor of the Elected       

Lucas County Democratic Judiciary

with special guests

Chris Redfern, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman

&

Mary Jane Trapp, Ohio Supreme Court Candidate

Thursday, October 22, 2009

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The Beirut Restaurant

4082 Monroe Street

Toledo, Ohio

Guest: $50 per ticket

*   Silver Sponsor: $250   *   Gold Sponsor: $500   *   Firm Sponsor: $1,000   *

FIRM SPONSOR

* Gallon Takacs Boissonealt & Schaffer *

GOLD SPONSOR

* Spengler Nathanson, PLL * Steven P. Collier, Janine A. Avila, & Jason A. Hill * Peter Silverman *

SILVER SPONSOR

* Angelita Cruz Bridges * Linda N. Mansour-Ismail  * Zoll, Kranz & Borges *

* Robison, Curphey & O’Connell, LLC * Michael J. Zychowicz, Borgstahl & Zychowicz Law Offices *

* John P. Gouttiere, Attorney at Law * Lucas County Democratic Party Chair Ron Rothenbuhler *

* Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates * Clerk of Toledo Municipal Court Vallie Bowman English *

* Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz * Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez *

* Lucas County Clerk of Courts Bernie Quilter * Toledo City Councilman at Large Frank J. Szollosi *

* State Senator Teresa Fedor * State Representative Peter Ujvagi *

If you are interested in receiving more information about sponsorship opportunities and to RSVP, please contact Liz Shirey

at liz@ohiodems.org or 614-207-7013, or by mailing in your contribution by Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

Please make checks payable to the Ohio Democratic Party, 340 East Fulton St., Columbus, OH 43215. 

All proceeds will benefit the Ohio Democratic Party Restricted Fund.

The Alliance of Informed Citizens of Northwest Ohio

7570 Caple Blvd. * Northwood, Ohio 43619

alliance.for.informed.citizens@gmail.com

419-536-2536 * 419-472-3838 * 419-360-3895

To Retirees and Seniors:

            The Alliance of Informed Citizens of Northwest Ohio is having a retiree and senior seminar on Thursday, October 15^th at WPOS Center. The seminar is geared to issues important to older Americans, such as Medicare, health, and security.

Our keynote speaker is Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray talking about how his office helps older Americans with monetary and abuse issues.

In addition Diane Lifey from the Legislative Dept. of the National Committee for Preservation of Social Security and Medicare and Sarah Byrne from the Government Affairs Dept. of the Alliance for Retired Americans will be speaking to explain the health care bills working their way through congress. They are both from their Washington D.C. headquarters. Their jobs are to track the health care issues and how as they will affect older Americans.

Also Lynn Ritter, PhD from the Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter, will be giving a presentation on this difficult and disabling problem affecting so many older Americans.

This will provide a half day of education from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM including 20 exhibitors from helping organizations that deal with older Americans. Coffee and rolls will be provided.

The goals of the Alliance of Informed Citizens is to maintain and improve the quality of life of older Americans with good health care, we can afford, and be able to stay in our own homes so we can age in place.

Registration

Name _________________________________________                    Send to Rod Farnsworth

Address _______________________________________                     Alliance of Informed Citizens

City/State  _____________________________________                     7570 Caple Blvd.

Phone Number _________________________________                      Northwood, Ohio 43619

E-Mail ________________________________________                    Or register by e-mail at

Organization___________________________________                     alliance.for.informed.citizens@gmail.com

                                                                                                                                 Or call (419) 536-2536

Registration Deadline is Oct. 10, 2009

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