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Mitrano Launches Listening Tour On Health Care

Democratic Congressional candidate Tracy Mitrano announced that she will take part in a five-city listening tour on health care.

Mitrano’s announcement came during a press conference at the Prendergast Library in Jamestown to highlight a unique partnership helping district residents out from under crushing medical debt.

Working with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization, Drs. Ralph Walton (a renowned Chautauqua area medical professional) and Marguerite Uphoff (a champion of pediatric care), of Jamestown and Ithaca respectively, announced that they and other area doctors would purchase more than $170,000 of medical debt owned by individuals struggling with the burden. Their generosity will eliminate more than $500,000 of medical debt at one percent of original cost.

“Drs. Walton and Uphoff genuinely care about the well-being of residents in the 23rd Congressional district. These dedicated professionals and their colleagues realize healthcare costs are too high, and we need to develop common-sense solutions. I applaud their efforts and look forward to working closely with them and other medical professionals across the district to address this crisis.

“The healthcare industry across the United States is broken and in chaos. We can do better. You deserve quality healthcare at an affordable cost. “To this effect, I am launching a five-city healthcare listening tour beginning in Dunkirk on Monday, Jan. 20. I want to hear from everyone about their healthcare concerns and what their experiences have been with our healthcare system,” Mitrano said.

Upon the conclusion of the five-day health care listening tour, Mitrano will issue a plan to address health care costs and work on a non-partisan basis to bring about a real solution to the crisis.

Dates, times and locations of Mitrano’s tour are as follows:

¯ Dunkirk — Monday, Jan. 20, from 6-8 p.m. at the Dunkirk’s Democratic Committee, 423 Central Ave., Dunkirk;

¯ Jamestown — Tuesday, Jan. 21, from 6-8 pm. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Jamestown, 1255 Prendergast Ave., Jamestown;

¯ Olean — Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 6-8 p.m. at the John J. Ash Community Center, 112 N Barry St., Olean;

¯ Corning — Thursday, Jan. 23, from 6-8 p.m. at the United Steelworkers Local 100 Union Hall, 100 Nasser Civic Center Plaza, Corning.

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