Cleveland, OH
Some Ohio cities are erasing medical debts for residents. Will Cleveland join this growing movement?
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Robyn King is aware of what it’s prefer to be weighed down by big medical payments.
In her southeast Cleveland house, she has a pc bag crammed with medical payments totaling nearly $77,000 all from Jennings nursing house in Garfield Heights – the place her 90-year-old mom lived till she handed away from dementia in 2020.
King’s mom’s care was principally lined by Medicare however the nursing house workers stated there was an issue with billing in the previous few months of her life. The day after her mom’s loss of life, King stated she obtained a letter from Jennings saying they have been suing for her mom’s unpaid payments and threatened to place a lien on King’s house.
“I used to be about to [file for bankruptcy] as a result of I used to be like, ‘they can not get something from me if I declare to not have something.’ And I did not, I am elevating my household, working in a college.”
Jennings nursing house has not responded to a request for a response to the data shared by King.
King known as Authorized Help for assist. They represented her in a lawsuit and ultimately cleared her mom’s debt.
“I simply let loose an enormous breath. I didn’t know I had been holding in for the previous yr,” King stated.
However most individuals with mounting medical payments aren’t so lucky. About one in 5 U.S. households have well being care debt, in keeping with a not too long ago revealed examine within the medical journal JAMA.
In Ohio, there’s a new partnership between some metropolis governments and the non-profit RIP Medical Debt that goals to attempt to assist folks with this downside.
The way in which the partnership works is metropolis governments signal an settlement to fund the well being care debt reduction. Then RIP makes use of the cash to buy bundled medical debt at steep reductions, in keeping with the corporate web site.
A yr in the past, former Toledo Metropolis Councilmember Michele Grim heard about how the RIP program labored in Prepare dinner County, Illinois and she or he pushed her metropolis to make use of a few of its unspent American Rescue Plan Act {dollars} for debt reduction.
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“Nobody expects to interrupt a leg or break an arm or get most cancers,” Grim stated. “Medical debt isn’t anybody’s fault. Nobody asks to get medical debt.”
Grim stated metropolis leaders preferred her plan so Toledo and Lucas County put aside sufficient cash to clear the debt for greater than 40,000 residents.
“If we are able to stop someone from getting evicted due to their medical debt or we can assist somebody put meals on the desk, I believe it is a actually profitable program,” she stated.
Grim stated RIP continues to be negotiating the small print with Toledo-area hospitals.
This system is open to anybody with a excessive ratio of well being care debt, however it’s particularly useful for low-income folks, stated Allison Sesso, President and CEO of RIP Medical Debt. One additional benefit is nobody wants to use.
“We ship letters in bulk to the entire people that qualify for our program and allow them to know that we now have relieved their debt,” Sesso stated. “They’re free and away from that debt and that they by no means should pay that individual debt ever once more.”
Most hospitals comply with promote their affected person’s debt to the non-profit as a result of usually hospitals aren’t in a position to acquire that cash anyway, she stated.
The Metropolis of Cleveland is within the early levels of exploring this well being debt forgiveness program stated councilmember Charles Slife. The thought has been floated and council members are at the moment assembly to debate it, he stated.
Columbus, nonetheless, has already eagerly embraced it. Sesso stated during the last six months greater than 100,000 folks in Columbus have obtained letters saying their debt has been relieved.
John Corlett, the president of the Cleveland-based Heart for Group Options, stated he likes this system however is skeptical {that a} one-time elimination of medical debt will do a lot to unravel the general downside.
“I believe it must be coupled with motion by our state and federal policymakers to do what they will do to ensure customers are protected and to see what we are able to do to stop folks from ending up on this scenario within the first place,” he stated.
Medical prices proceed to rise for people and households as a result of employers are shifting the burden to their employees by providing high-deductible medical health insurance plans, Corlett stated.
Toledo’s Michelle Grim was simply sworn in as a brand new member of the Ohio state legislature. She stated she’d prefer to see how this system would work on the state degree, however as a Democrat in a physique that’s managed by Republicans, it might be an uphill battle.
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Cleveland, OH
BREAKING: Cleveland Cavaliers Reportedly Sign Player For $91 Million
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Jarrett Allen is coming off another productive season for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The former Texas star finished the year with averages of 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per contest while shooting 63.4% from the field in 77 games.
On Wednesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Allen has agreed to a contract extension with the Cavs.
Via Wojnarowski: “Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen has agreed on a three-year, $91 million maximum extension that’ll now guarantee him $131 million over the next five years, his agent Derrick Powell tells ESPN.”
Via Wojnarowski: “Allen becomes third key Cavaliers player along with Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley to sign massive new extensions this summer, solidifying the franchise as long-term Eastern Conference contenders.”
Allen becomes third key Cavaliers player along with Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley to sign massive new extensions this summer, solidifying the franchise as long-term Eastern Conference contenders.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 31, 2024
Allen was the 22nd pick in the 2017 NBA Draft and has played seven seasons for the Brooklyn Nets (and Cavs).
This past year was his fourth in Cleveland.
The 2022 NBA All-Star has career averages of 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 blocks per contest while shooting 63.0% from the field in 486 regular season games.
He has also appeared in 18 NBA playoff games.
The Cavs have become one of the best teams in the league and are coming off a year where they made the NBA playoffs for the second straight season.
They were the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference and beat the Orlando Magic in the first round.
However, the Cavs lost to the Boston Celtics in the second round (in five games).
Cleveland, OH
2024 World Yo-Yo Contest | Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
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Cleveland, OH
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Karen N. Klyn
OBITUARY
Karen N. (nee Ahern) Klyn, age 84 of Painesville Twp., passed away on July 28, 2024 at University Hospitals TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Twp., OH. She was born on April 12, 1940 in Cleveland, OH.Mrs. Klyn had worked as a registered nurse at the former Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland and later as a diabetic educator at both St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland and the Lake County Free Clinic in Painesville. Mrs. Klyn had volunteered for the Christ Child Society, Hope Chest, and the Free Clinic. She enjoyed shopping, watching movies, drinking wine and eating cheese, a good dance party and helping others. She most enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.She is survived by her children, Robert (Mary) Klyn, Deborah (Barry) Tomazin, Mary Katherine (Donald) Mager, Maureen (Jeffery) Zika and Matthew (Elizabeth) Klyn; grandchildren, Chase Klyn, Jake Klyn, Alek (Justin Hutchinson) Tomazin, Maxwell Tomazin, Addy Mager, Mason Mager, Jenna Zika, Kai Klyn and Esper Klyn; great-grandchildren, Sloane Hutchinson and soon to be born baby on August 16, 2024; niece Natalie (Brian) Lyons; and her cats, Rose and Winston.She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Helen (nee Corbett) Ahern; sister, Patricia Jossart; brother-in-law, James Jossart; sister, Maureen Ahern and brother, Michael Ahern.A funeral mass will be held at noon on Friday, August 2, 2024 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 9925 Johnnycake Ridge Rd., Concord Twp., OH 44060.Contributions in her memory to the Christ Child Society of the Western Reserve, online at www.christchildwesternreserve.org/donate or to the Lake County Free Clinic, www.lakefreeclinic.org/donate/.Arrangements entrusted to the Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Mentor, OH. Send flowers and offer condolences at www.brunners.com.
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