Tri-State health officials are coming together to make sure you take advantage of the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act. <\/p>\n
A Healthy Resolutions Fair was held at St. James Episcopal Church in Westwood Saturday. <\/p>\n
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It was put on by the Cincinnati Healthcare Marketplace enrollment assistance center. <\/p>\n
With a point and click, aides like Crystal Kendrick are changing lives. In some cases, enrollees have not had health care in years. <\/p>\n
\"Its been a long time since Ive seen a grown man cry. It brings joy to our office to help people who don't think they can have health insurance at all, Kendrick said. <\/p>\n
The expansions of the national health care marketplace, along with Medicaid in Ohio, have impacted some 45 million Americans. <\/p>\n
During this second enrollment period, counselors like Ariel Miller have assisted some who did not know how they could afford to see a doctor. <\/p>\n
\"I said, If you make less than $16,000 as a single person, it looks like you are eligible for Medicaid,'\" Miller said. <\/p>\n
Denise Hayes, of the Cincinnati Enrollment Assistance Center, believes health care should be a basic right. <\/p>\n
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