To the Editor:
As Congress begins to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, we must recognize how Ohioans have benefited
from this policy (statistics from the Department of Health and Human Services):
• The uninsured rate in Ohio dropped by 47 percent since 2010
• 4,154,000 Ohioans no longer have a lifetime spending limit on their insurance coverage
• Up to 5,053,131 people in Ohio with a pre-existing health condition are no longer refused insurance
because of those health issues
• An estimated 81,000 young Ohioans can remain on parents’ health insurance until age 26
• Ohio seniors saved $259 million on drugs in 2015, an average of $1,090 per beneficiary
• 381,000 Ohioans gained insurance through the expansion of Medicaid
Call Congress and demand that these improvements not be taken away. Fix what is broken but keep what
works.
Source of statistics: https://www.
hhs.gov/healthcare/facts-and-features/state-by-state/how-aca-is-working-for-ohio/index.html
Debbie Dalke
Bowling Green