Posted on 01/24/23 by Guest Writer in Health & Health Equity
By David Beach Medical expenses are a leading cause of debt and bankruptcy in the U.S. It is also a uniquely unjust category of debt because usually it is not the result of people’s voluntary choices. A nonprofit organization, RIP Medical Debt (RIP), has developed a way to buy unpaid medical debts for pennies on the dollar and retire those debts for people with low and moderate incomes. Cities across the country are now using federal COVID relief funds and other sources to work with RIP and eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars in medical debt for their residents. [image:1] How medical debt relief... read more
Posted on 10/03/22 by Will Petrik (he/him) in Health & Health Equity
[image:2] Today, many public health experts and advocates are tackling the “social determinants of health” in response to a growing body of research that show how a person’s environment, housing, family life, race and income all... read more
Posted on 04/22/22 by Caitlin Johnson (she/her) in Health & Health Equity
[image:2] Years ago, Kim Foreman was in a meeting discussing the buzzword of the day: Sustainability. She looked around the room and realized all the people there were white. Kim, who worked for Cleveland-based Environmental Health... read more
Posted on 02/03/22 by Caitlin Johnson (she/her) in Health & Health Equity
As a Black woman who lived her entire life in Cleveland, Yvonka Hall knows health is multidimensional. Where people live, their jobs, their housing, their education, their family situations — all have profound effects on... read more
Posted on 02/10/21 by Amanda Woodrum in Health & Health Equity
COVID-19 exposed existing flaws in our economic and health care systems by taking a disproportionate toll on Black and low-income Ohioans. This is due to the increased prevalence of chronic health conditions in these communities... read more
Posted on 10/12/20 by Wendy Patton in Health & Health Equity
From the counselor who provides a lifeline to isolated patients struggling with substance use disorder, to the nurse who holds the phone for their COVID patient while they say goodbye to loved ones, Ohio’s health... read more
Posted on 05/20/20 by Intern Writer in Health & Health Equity
Maheen Nadeem | Policy Matters Intern Every Ohioan deserves to get medical treatment – whether it’s for COVID-19 or for substance use disorder – and whether they live in the city, the suburbs or rural communities.... read more
Posted on 03/31/20 by Piet van Lier (he/him) in Health & Health Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that every Ohioan – whether they live at home or are being held behind bars – must be protected and cared for. Not only is it the right thing to... read more
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