Kent LWV - Health Equity Study

Please answer the following ten (10) Yes/No questions.  Please add comments, including requests for clarification.

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* 1. Expand Medicaid

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* 2. Get rid of the newly instituted work requirements for Medicaid

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* 3. Incentivize full-service grocery stores to locate in low-income neighborhoods

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* 4. Fund school nurses and full-service clinics in schools

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* 5. Consider the health impacts of proposed rules and laws as a standard part of Ohio’s policy making process, at all levels of government

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* 6. Help break the cycle of poverty (universal pre-kindergarten, full day kindergarten, boost eligibility for childcare assistance)

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* 7. Promote income security for Ohio families (raise minimum wage, expand cash
assistance program from 50 to 100 percent of poverty, expand earned income tax credit, protect supplemental nutrition assistance programs)

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* 8. Invest in areas of concentrated poverty (i.e. green space, public transit, restore local government funding)

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* 9. Affordable housing in well connected areas ( transportation, food, etc)

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* 10. Conduct lead screening – (water and paint)

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