Health Equity Workshop: Barriers to Care for Persons Experiencing Poverty

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 07:00 PM
Join the Health Care For All Ohioan’s Ohio Health Equity Committee for a free workshop exploring socioeconomic disparities in healthcare access & how single-payer healthcare could change that.  Our guest speaker is Dr. Brad Cotton.  Dr. Cotton has worked 45 years as a street paramedic in Cleveland. Through a winding career, he has held many positions - first as an emergency department technician, then emergency RN and finally an emergency medicine physician. His education includes graduating from Kent State University with a BSN in 1982, receiving an MD degree from The Ohio State University in 1991, completing an emergency medicine residency at The Ohio State University in 1994. He has been a life activist for social and economic justice. He is an active member of Physicians for a National Health Program and former exec board member of the Ohio Single Payer Action Network. He is a Democratic candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives District 12. As Amber Prater, MD/MPH candidate says, “I advocate for single payer so that no one has to struggle with medical needs due to cost.”  Register now!  Facebook.