Sen. Brown’s Calendar of Events on Health Reform
- December 04: Brown requests to be added to Senator Coburn’s Public Option Amendment, which would require that all Members of Congress enroll in the public health insurance option.
- November 21: Brown votes to begin floor debate on the health care reform bill. The historic motion passed by a vote of 60-39.
- November 3: Brown attends a Senate HELP Hearing on the increased health costs facing small businesses. Small businesses pay up to 18 percent more than large companies for health insurance. Health reform would help small businesses by allowing them to pool their risk and by providing tax credits to those firms that need help offering insurance to their workers.
- October 26: Brown applauds the inclusion of the Public Option in Draft Senate Health Insurance Reform Bill.
- October 23 - As Senate negotiations to merge the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Finance Committee health reform proposals continue, Brown hosted a special event on the U.S. Senate floor to advocate for the inclusion of a strong public option.
- October 8 - Brown hosted a special event on the U.S. Senate floor to advocate for the public option. He was joined by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Robert Casey (D-PA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Michael Bennet (D-CO).
- October 8 - Brown led 29 of his U.S. Senate colleagues in signing a letter urging the inclusion of a public option in any health reform legislation that will be considered on the Senate floor.
- October 7 - Brown Joined Families USA to unveil a new report on Ohio health care and unemployment. Brown outlined efforts to pass meaningful health reform and to extend unemployment insurance for workers in hard-hit states like Ohio.
- October 2 - Brown circulated a letter urging his Senate colleagues to support the public option. The letter expresses strong support for the inclusion of a public option in any health reform legislation that will be considered on the Senate floor.
- September 10 - Brown held an electronic town hall where he answered 30 questions during a live, hour-long question and answer session online, in which more than 4,000 Ohioans participated.
- September 7 - Brown joined President Obama to discuss health reform at the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Day Picnic.
- September 4 - Brown participated in a panel discussion entitled: “The Heart of Health Care Reform,” which aired earlier this week on Ohio television stations through ONN.
- September 3 - Brown kicked off the 2009-10 Youngstown State University Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series by giving a speech entitled “The Health Care Crisis and Working-Class Communities.” He participated in a question and answer session afterwards, staying at the event until he answered every single audience member wishing to ask a question.
- September 1 - Brown held a town hall at the University of Cincinnati where he took questions from an audience of more than 1,200 about health care reform.
- August 12 - Brown outlined how health insurance reform will reduce private insurance premiums and out-of-pocket health care expenses during a roundtable at Ohio State University. He answered questions from the 500+ person audience.
- August 11 - Brown held a roundtable in Cambridge entitled, “Health Insurance Reform—What‘s In It for You?” He received testimony from Ohioans struggling with rising health costs and access to medical care.
- August 11 - Brown discussed the effect of health insurance reform on small businesses and took questions at the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce.
- July 25 - Brown toured the MedWorks free medical clinic in Cleveland and helped to register uninsured and underinsured Ohioans who made appointments with volunteer health care workers.
- June 30 - Brown and U.S. Rep. Steve Driehaus visited Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to discuss congressional efforts to make health care more affordable and accessible.
Health Care Reform
Today more than 50 million Americans are uninsured. Middle class families across Ohio struggle to afford the soaring cost of care. Small businesses are being forced to choose between closing their doors and canceling coverage for employees.
We must reform our nation’s health care system — and we must do it this year. We must lower costs. We must protect consumer choice of coverage and provider. We must ensure access to quality health insurance for every American.
This is about you and your family.
To help ensure that your voice is heard in Congress as we debate this historic issue, I invite you to tell me your own story here.
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Together, we will reform health care.
Thank you for sharing your story with me, and keep speaking out.
Biologic Drug Reform/Access to Generics
If you, or a friend or family member, are among the millions of Americans who have arthritis, diabetes, various forms of cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or any other health condition that requires expensive brand-name biologic drugs, please share your story with me. Your voice will help convince Congress that access to affordable versions of biologic drugs must be part of health reform.
Biologic drugs include, but are not limited to: Avastin, Avonex, Betaseron, Epogen, Enbrel, Remicade, Rituxen, Humira, and Neulasta.
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