Voices of Health Reform: Erik's’s Story

One year ago tomorrow, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. It was a historic day, and the law is already making a difference in the lives of millions of Americans like Erick Moberg.

Erick is currently a senior at Michigan State University and his dream is to attend medical school at his grandfather’s alma mater in Missouri. Erick was always interested in medicine, but he was inspired after speaking to the doctors who treated his mother when she had quadruple bypass surgery.

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Coming Together to Give Schools a Boost

Leaders in the Cincinnati area are uniting to help students from ‘cradle to career.’
an article written by David Bornstein  the author of “How to Change the World,” which has been published in 20 languages

Strive Together is a partnership of numerous organizations — including those in government, civil society and the business sector, which focuses on helping young people in Cincinnati and two neighboring cities in Kentucky achieve success from “cradle to career.” The partners include early childhood educators, school superintendents, college presidents, business leaders, foundation directors and a range of civil society executives. They came together in 2006 after a report noted that Ohio and Kentucky were lagging behind other states in college attainment rates. Community leaders were concerned about remaining competitive in a global economy.

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