Dr. John Ross - Are We Getting Bang for the Buck or a Sickness Care Non-system?

Glass City Center, 401 Jefferson, Toledo

In December of 2020, the Congressional Budget Office found we could cover everyone with a single comprehensive system, an improved expanded Medicare for all, without copays, deductibles or limited networks for at least $408 less annually than we pay now.

The financial and administrative complexity of our non-system wastes over $4008 annually and these savings would allow comprehensive coverage for everyone without copayments or limited provider networks. Universal makes it simple and saves enough to make it affordable. All of us, including businesses, should demand an improved expanded Medicare for all. It will save money, save lives and it’s the right thing to do.

 

Dr. Ross’s Professional Biography:

  • Grew up in Lorain, Ohio
  • BA from Cornell University
  • MD from University of Toledo
  • Internship at University of Massachusetts
  • Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Toledo
  • Masters in Public Health at U of Michigan
  • Practiced and taught adult primary care for over 40 years and remains a Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Toledo
  • Practiced and taught primary care adult internal medicine at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio where he served as the Chairman of Internal Medicine, Medical Director for the St. V’s adult outpatient clinic and Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Residency
  • Past President of Physicians for a National Health Program and the Toledo and the Lucas County Board of Health
  • Retired from active clinical practice in 2019 but remains a Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Toledo and volunteer faculty for its free Community Care Clinic. He has served on the Toledo Lucas County Board of Health for 6 years and served as its President during the worst of the Covid pandemic. He is a past member of the Medical Board of the State of
  • Served as the Medical Director for a 501-c-3 charitable HMO formed by Toledo’s Catholic hospitals
  • Joined Physicians for a National Health Program in 1991 and is a Past President and remains a board He is an active board member of Michigan for Single Payer, the Single Payer Action Network of Ohio, the Universal Healthcare Action Network of Ohio, Toledo Area Jobs with Justice and the Alumni Board of the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.
  • Current board member or advisor: Physicians for a National Health Program, Michigan for Single Payer, the Single Payer Action Network of Ohio, the Universal Healthcare Action Network of Ohio, Toledo Area Jobs with Justice, Toledo Lucas County Board of Health and the Alumni Board of the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Advocate for social justice and healthcare as a human right for over 50 years.