Welcome to Ohio Advocates for Health Care Access.

OAHCA is a consortium of organizations from across Ohio working together to protect access to quality health care for all Ohioans.

OAHCA partners include voluntary health associations, physician organizations, the bio-technology industry and community groups. Most of the partners provide services directly to patients and their families. They offer services and advocate for patients with illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, pulmonary disease, heart disease, mental illness, liver and kidney disease, vision impairment, AIDS, epilepsy and many others.

As a statewide network, OAHCA focuses on information and education relating to health care access issues. Meetings and forums are held regularly and focus on various access issues including Medicaid trends, medical liability and affordable prescription drugs.

A list of OAHCA partners appears to the right and in the “Who We Are” section. Internet links to most of the partners are available.

Please visit the “Educational Forums” section of this Web site for notes and information on topics of interest to OAHCA partners.

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Important OAHCA News

Thank you to all those who attended the OAHCA meeting on November 1, 2007.  We heard from Dr. Kenneth Thorpe and from Billy Tauzin on the impact of chronic disease on our system of health care.  Our Ohio speakers included Jack Ford, former Toledo Mayor and health care advocated;  Dr. Manuel Tzagournis, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Dr. Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, The Ohio State University Extension Service and OSU Dept of Human Nutrition and Tiffany Himmelreich with the Ohio Hospital Association.   Please click on "education forums" for a copy of the "Six Unhealthy Truths" presentation from Dr. Thorpe and and the event news release.

Changes to the Ohio's Best Rx Program (.pdf)

NetWellness



Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Cincinnati


The Ohio Psychological Association


The Center for
Health Affairs


Columbus Aids
Task Force


Prevent Blindness Ohio

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Ohio

Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio

Ohio Health Advocacy Network

Ohio Association of Free Clinics


Ohio Hematology-Oncology Society

Northern Ohio Breast Cancer Coalition Fund

Northern Ohio Hemophilia Foundation

Community Health
of Akron


Ohio Psychiatric Association

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Ohio School Based Health Care Association

Ohio Bleeding Disorders Council

Ohio Association of Community Health Centers

Alzheimer’s Association of Central Ohio

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