We provide these funds directly to five grantees - Family Planning of Lorain County, Family Planning Association of Northeast Ohio, MetroHealth Center for Community Health, MetroHealth Medical System, and Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland. Our providers also link their patients with a variety of services that address issues like infertility, menopause, domestic violence, eating disorders, sexual abuse and many others. Earlier in my testimony, I described the Metropolitan Cleveland Family Planning Project as an essential part of our community efforts to make sure that uninsured Northeast Ohioans get health care. Just last week the Federation released the results of a 1,500 household survey conducted in Cuyahoga County by the George Gallup polling firm. The survey was intended as a follow up to the Ohio Family Health survey conducted by the Ohio Department of Health in 1998.
Women are still much more likely than men to go without health insurance.
We have also learned that these same women are much less likely to have access to a Pap test - still the best method for detecting cervical cancer early. Clearly, the grantees funded with state dollars by the Metropolitan Cleveland Family Planning program plays a vital role in providing health care to Cuyahoga County's 42,000 uninsured adults. That is why we strongly support Governor Taft's family planning funding budget request. All rights reserved. This document may not be copied in part or full without express written permission from the publisher.