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BRI in the Buckeye State: A Conversation with Sen. Mark Romanchuk
BRI in the Buckeye State: A Conversation with Sen. Mark Romanchuk
Ohio won $202 million as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program, but now it's up to lawmakers to reduce the regulatory hurdles still standing in the way of ensuring easier and less costly health care access to patients throughout the state. Senator Mark Romanchuk, who chairs the Ohio Senate Medicaid Committee, is the main architect of "test and treat," which would allow pharmacists to test for and treat common respiratory illnesses, is one such reform. Join us as we sit down with Sen. Romanchuk to discuss everything from Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse—and what can be done at the state level to combat it—to the future of free-market health care models in Ohio. Register today!
ABOUT THE BENJAMIN RUSH INSTITUTE:
BRI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that unites unites medical students, students in affiliated healthcare specialties, faculty, doctors, healthcare professionals, and others who believe that free enterprise and a direct patient-doctor relationship are the best means for ensuring optimal patient outcomes at affordable prices. Through leadership conferences, chapter events, scholarships to national health care conferences and consistent written content, BRI strives to cultivate the careers of med students and to fully unleash the power of medicine to maximize human health.
ABOUT SEN. MARK ROMANCHUK:
Senator Mark Romanchuk is serving in his second term in the Ohio Senate representing the people of the 22nd Senate District. He previously served four terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. Senator Romanchuk has over 35 years of experience in small business, systems engineering, management, and community development. He is the owner and CEO of PR Machine Works, Inc., a contract manufacturer. Previously, he worked at Hughes Aircraft Company in a diplomatic capacity to the former Soviet Union in support of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Formerly, he was based in Japan as a team leader and technical advisor to the U.S. Navy. Romanchuk is also the co-founder and past president of the Regional Manufacturing Coalition and is the past chairman of the Richland Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Presently, he serves on the Ashbrook Center Board and is an active member of the Mansfield Sertoma Club, the National Tooling and Machining Association, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association.
Committee Assignments:
Medicaid, Chair
Small Business and Economic Opportunity, Vice Chair
Finance
Health
Public Utilities