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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 11h

ICYMI: One small-town Ohio hospital sued 2,700 patients in two years - garnishing wages and charging steep interest on families already struggling. This powerful reporting shows how medical debt is devastating Ohioans and why our bipartisan Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act is urgently needed.

This small-town Ohio hospital sued 2,700 patients in two years for unpaid medical bills • Ohio Capital Journal

At Mary Rutan Hospital in Logan County, mass medical debt collection lawsuits totaling more than 2,700 in two years have turned injury and illness into debt, 8% interest rates, unsparing payment plans...

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 2d

Aurora Project has served our community for nearly four decades but is facing challenges due to federal, state, and local funding cuts to transitional housing. We need leaders at all levels of government who will stand up and fight for more resources to meet our crucial housing needs.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 2d

Great discussion today with the team at Aurora Project, who offer a comprehensive housing and life skills program that empowers homeless women and their children to achieve self-sufficiency and independence.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 3d

Loved visiting our Sanger Branch Library on Friday! Every corner of our Toledo Lucas County Public Library system is full of people learning, connecting, and building community. Our libraries do incredible work and I’ll always be a partner fighting for them in Columbus.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 3d

WGTE enriches, empowers, and educates people across northwest Ohio. With extremists in Washington killing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, it’s more important than ever for citizens to stand up for public media and support our local PBS and NPR affiliates as members and advocates.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 9d

No one should see their family’s finances wrecked, their credit damaged, or their wages garnished just because they got sick or injured. Let’s pass the bipartisan Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act and stop medical debt from ruining lives.

Aggressive medical debt collection practices target of bipartisan Ohio bill - Signal Ohio

New Ohio legislation would end payroll “garnishments,” cap interest rates, block credit agency reporting of medical debt.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 14d

Today, the House Health Committee met and members from both parties continued working together to advance the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act (H.B. 257). No one should be punished simply for needing medical care. Let’s get this done.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 14d

Families across Ohio are being crushed by medical debt - not because they made bad choices, but because they had bad luck. That’s why overwhelming majorities of Ohioans support commonsense reforms to make the system fairer.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 22d

Oregon is the latest state to keep medical debt off of credit reports. Will Ohio be next? I’ve introduced the bipartisan Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act to end reporting of medical debt to credit agencies, cap interest rates, and ban wage garnishment for medical debt. Let’s get this done.

Gov. Kotek signs new laws limiting medical debt impact and online surprise fees

New Oregon laws stop medical debt from hurting credit, demand all-in online prices, and tighten car financing rules to give buyers stronger protections.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Sep 6

Delivering some pizzas to the line and standing in solidarity with @steelworkers.bsky.social and @machinistsunion.bsky.social workers striking for fair contracts at Libbey Glass!

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Sep 4

Last round of cookie deliveries to public school teachers and staff starting the new school year. This morning, I visited 7 Sylvania Schools attended by students from House District 43. Thank you to all our educators and school team members for the tireless work you do!

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Sep 3

With the new school year underway, I’m delivering cookies to our public school teachers and staff to say THANK YOU for all you do for our students! Today I visited 15 Toledo Public Schools. 🍪📚

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day, Toledo! “The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.”

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today I visited 13 schools in Washington Local Schools and Ottawa Hills Local Schools. Thank you all for everything you do! Your community appreciates you.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our public school educators and employees show up for our kids every day - often with too few resources and little recognition. As the new school year begins, I’m delivering cookie trays to teachers and staff at all 28 local public schools in the 43rd House District.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Aug 13

Busy work schedules. Mobility challenges. Family obligations. These shouldn’t keep you from exercising your right to vote. HB 400, my bill with Rep. Tristan Rader, would allow voters to sign up once for absentee voting, making participation easier and our democracy stronger.

Ohio Democrats propose letting voters sign up to always use absentee ballots • Ohio Capital Journal

Democratic Ohio state lawmakers want to give voters the chance to sign up for absentee ballots permanently. Eight states allow all their citizens to opt in to regular absentee voting, and 11 allow spe...

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Aug 1

Excited to be out in the district this morning making deliveries for Mobile Meals of Toledo! Mobile Meals relies on volunteers to nourish our neighbors and help them remain independent in their homes. Learn more about volunteering at mobilemeals.org/volunteer/

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ohio’s 2025 sales tax holiday runs from Friday, August 1 through Thursday, August 14. Pay no sales tax on most personal property priced under $500. www.wtol.com/article/news...

How much Ohio's sales tax holiday could save you on back-to-school supplies

Ohio’s sales tax holiday runs Aug 1–14. Most items under $500 are tax-free — from pencils to iPads! 🎒🖍️📱

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 15

This bill would give states the tools and flexibility they need to enact single-payer plans like the Ohio Health Care Plan Act to lower costs and cover everyone.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 15

Health care is a right - not a privilege.

Today I joined Senator Ed Markey, Congressman Ro Khanna, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, and state legislators from across the country to support the State-Based Universal Health Care Act.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ohio Republicans opened our state parks up to fracking and promised it would help fund park improvements. Instead it’s helping pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Ohio is on the wrong track.

As Ohio budget denies state park resources, experts say parks benefit the economy

In order to pay for tax breaks favoring the wealthy, the budget that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed on June 30 denied resources to improve state parks.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 11

Ohio’s ERs are already overwhelmed. Medicaid cuts will worsen wait times, harm health outcomes, and lead to more preventable deaths.

Ohio emergency doc: Medicaid cuts will hurt everybody, close hospitals • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio emergency doctors say that low-income people won't be the only ones to suffer amid concerns that Medicaid cuts signed by President Donald Trump will cost hundreds of thousands of Ohioans their he...

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 9

It’s not too late to register for Summer Read with the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library! Some books I’ve finished this summer are The Art Thief, Olive Kitteridge, Last Night at the Lobster, and Pigs in Heaven. What are you reading? www.toledolibrary.org/readingchall...

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 8

We cut the ribbon today on the new pedestrian bridge over Douglas Road! I’m proud to have delivered funding in the state capital budget for the bridge, which directly connects the University of Toledo’s engineering buildings to the rest of main campus, improving safety for pedestrians and motorists.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · Jul 7

I spoke with WTOL 11 about the Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill, which will strip health coverage from as many as 500,000 Ohioans and raise healthcare costs for everyone. It is literally sickening.

Northwest Ohioans respond after Trump signs bill cutting Medicaid and SNAP funding

Toledo residents and local lawmakers are voicing concern after President Donald Trump signed the "Big Beautiful Bill" into law on July 4.

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