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Ohio: Health Care

February 13, 2009 - 01:02 am
NEWS FEED: Glass City Jungle

City Council Agenda Review February 10th - REIT

There were a few items that created a large amount of discussion, in the Agenda Review for Toledo City Council on February 10th, one is a topic that was blogged about here, the Health Care REIT tax credit/incentive package.

84-09 Approve Municipal Job Creation Tax Credit for Health Care REIT, 7 years at 40% of income tax
85-09 Approve Toledo Expansion Incentive (TEI) for Health Care REIT, 10 yrs at 10% growth in income tax
86-09 Approve property tax exemption for Health Care REIT, 12 years at 100% of increase in valuation

The deal the Mayor wants to give Health Care REIT was discussed by Dave Amstutz who started out saying how long it had been before he came before Council with such a large expansion deal and how tough it had been, stating that all of these incentives would have them keep all 68 and add 40 new employees, 8 during the first year (the state reported 45 new jobs).

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 07:50

Stivers drives health care message at close

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

COLUMBUS - Steve Stivers' is closing his campaign's policy argument by focusing on health care.

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 14:42

Boccieri and Schuring ponder some points in radio debate

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

State Sens. Kirk Schuring (R-Jackson Township) and John Boccieri (D-Alliance) appeared both separately and together on WHBC-AM's Points to Ponder with Ron Ponder to address issues concerning the 16th Congressional District on Wednesday morning.

The two are vying to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Navarre) in the 16th District seat.

Both candidates said that the country is facing some difficult times and reiterated their commitment to the people of the district in discussing their reasons for running for Congress.

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 10:56

Pelosi, Kilroy focus on female voters

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

COLUMBUS – Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Columbus) received high-profile help from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Tuesday in her race for the 15th Congressional District.

Pelosi and Kilroy focused on winning female voters Wednesday by meeting with local mothers at a women’s business roundtable at the Capitol Club. Pelosi and Kilroy alsoattended a closed-door fundraiser.

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Tue, 10/07/2008 - 14:34

Boccieri holds call to address health care issue

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

State Sen. John Boccieri (D-Alliance) held a conference call with reporters on Tuesday to discuss his plans for "fixing America's broken health care system."

Boccieri was joined on the call by local health care providers and community members who shared their personal experiences with the current health care system.

Boccieri said that 50 million people in the United States are currently either uninsured or under-insured.

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Wed, 09/17/2008 - 09:28

Catholic 527 calls out McCain's pro-life position on TV

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

The "Catholics United" 527 advocacy group is airing an ad in Ohio starting this week that chastizes John McCain on a variety of issues to challenge his assertion that he is "pro-life."

The group said its ad will begin Friday and run for seven days on cable television in "highly Catholic areas" of Ohio. 

The ad says he voted against programs for pregnant women, childrens' health care and for a war that has "killed thousands of Americans."

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Tue, 09/16/2008 - 12:08

Chabot questions Driehaus record, Driehaus condemns ‘smear campaign’

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

The campaign of U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood) has been attacking the record of opponent state Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Price Hill) on foreclosure, health care and election reform. The Driehaus campaign responded by saying that in "one negative campaign ad after another" Chabot "uses the same, old tired Washington politics."

Chabot first questioned why Driehaus was in Washington during a vote on a foreclosure bill in the Ohio legislature. They then questioned why first voted against legislation that lowered the cost of health care, and then supported it.

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Wed, 09/10/2008 - 10:54

NRCC reaches back to '92 to attack Kilroy

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Columbus) was a delegate for former California governor Jerry Brown's 1992 presidential campaign. As such she supports a Canadian health care system today, according to the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee.

The NRCC attacked the Franklin County commissioner in a press release yesterday, saying that she wanted Bill Clinton to enact Brown's health care plan, which was based on the Canadian system.

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 14:02

Krikorian challenges Schmidt and Wulsin to debate the economy

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

Businessman David Krikorian (I-Madeira) challenged U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) and Dr. Victoria Wulsin (D-Indian Hill) to debate the economy with him in the race for Ohio's 2nd Congressional District.

Krikorian called the economy the "most pressing challenge facing us today."

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Wed, 07/23/2008 - 20:15

Kilroy touts funding for health center

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

U.S. House candidate and Franklin Co. Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Columbus) hailed the commission's approval of one year of funding for the Maloney community health center on Columbus's south side.

"Everyone deserves access to healthcare," said Kilroy in her statement. "Nobody should be forced to wait until they're so sick that they must go to the hospital. The preventive treatment provided to those who utilize community health centers goes a long way towards keeping our communities and our country healthy."

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