Health Care
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Brown Announces More Than $5 Million To Strengthen Health Education And Workforce Development In Rural And Underserved Ohio Communities
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that Ohio institutions have been awarded a five-year grant totaling $5,245,899 to strengthen the state’s Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) and improve health education and workforce development for rural and underserved communities. Th...…Read More
Posted on 10/1/2012 | -
Sen. Brown Announces New Resources to Improve Water Infrastructure and Health Care in Adams County
Two Adams County communities received new federal resources to update water infrastructure and improve health care. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a grant to the Village of West Union to rehabilitate several major components of...…Read More
Posted on 9/14/2012 | -
Sen. Brown Announces New Resources to Improve Health Care Equipment In Highland County
The Highland Joint Township District Hospital in Highland County received new federal resources to upgrade the hospital’s breast cancer screening services. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $162,500 grant for Highland Joi...…Read More
Posted on 9/14/2012 | -
Joined by Fulton County Cancer Survivor, Brown Announces New, No-Cost Preventive Health Care Benefits for More Than 1.8 Million Ohio Women
WASHINGTON - Joined by a Holland, Ohio cancer survivor and activist, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that new preventive health care benefits will be available at no cost for more than 1.8 million Ohio women beginning August 1st. The provisions were included in the health reform law, the Afford...…Read More
Posted on 7/31/2012 | -
Brown Announces $13 Million Grant For Nationwide, Akron Children’s Hospitals To Provide Health Services To 500,000 Ohio Children
Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus and Akron Children’s Hospital will receive new federal resources to expand a health care program that will serve more than a half million Ohio children. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...…Read More
Posted on 6/15/2012 | -
Brown Applauds Establishment of Trust That Will Help Delphi Retirees Get Health Care Benefits
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today applauded a decision by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York that will pave the way for the establishment of a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) which will provide Delphi retirees with a tax credit to purchase private health benefits. Th...…Read More
Posted on 10/20/2011 | -
Sen. Brown Announces More Than $250K For Oral Health Care Improvement in Scioto County
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that $251,772 has been awarded to the Community Action Organization of Scioto County, Incorporated to expand dental services for lower-income families in Portsmouth. The funds, awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, will help to improv...…Read More
Posted on 7/7/2011 |