Advancing Healthcare Needs in Ohio

Floor Speech

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Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight advancing healthcare at both the Federal and State levels to meet the healthcare needs of people living in the northwest quadrant of Ohio, including the mentally ill.

Our Federal-State joint efforts in combined funding of over $35 million awarded to Toledo's academic medical center at the University of Toledo through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have allowed UTMC to upgrade critical trauma care from trauma III to trauma II.

In addition, Congress appropriated over $81 million in 2022 and 2023 to Ohio through the Substance Abuse and Treatment Block Grant.

This morning, I had the privilege of welcoming Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to Toledo, as we toured the University of Toledo Medical Center and the State's Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital. Governor DeWine is the first Governor to visit the State facility in the 21st century.

This important visit shows that Ohioans are continuing to make progress to strengthen critical medical assets for the region in a bipartisan fashion at every level.

Our medically underserved region must continue to champion medical advancements on every level. Onward Northwest Ohio, a community that cares for all people.

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