Independent Analysis Shows Wide-Spread Loss of Benefits, Increase in Taxes for Middle Class
COLUMBUS, OH – With ordinary Americans increasingly struggling under the combined impact of the banking and health care crises, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is preparing to release a report detailing how the McCain health care plan would increase the burden on middle-class families in Ohio. The report, which will be released Thursday at a joint press conference held by Change to Win, SEIU District 1199, Progress Ohio, and the Ohio Education Association (OEA), will detail the number of Ohioans expected to lose employer-sponsored health insurance under John McCain’s health care plan. It also details the tax hike middle class families would experience over four years under John McCain’s health care plan. Center for American Progress Action Fund Health Policy Director Karen Davenport will join SEIU District 1199 Secretary Treasurer Lisa Hetrick and OEA Secretary Treasurer Jim Timlin to discuss what the McCain health plan means for Ohio.
Who: Lisa Hetrick, Secretary Treasurer, District 1199
Jim Timlin, Secretary Treasurer, OEA
Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy, Center for American Progress Action Fund
With participation from Change to Win and Progress Ohio
What: Press Conference to Release Report on Effects on McCain Health Plan on Ohio
When: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Where: Ohio Statehouse, Lady’s Gallery
Columbus, OH
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