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Granville seniors, families ask Rep. Balderson to push for easing of visitor restrictions

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With 98% of live-in occupants now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Middleton Senior Living staff, residents and their families are asking why they are still forced to conform to strict visitation rules imposed on such facilities about a year ago. On Monday morning, Congressman Troy Balderson, R-Zanesville, who represents the 12th Congressional District, visited…

New Congressional bill to create mentor-mentee programs for main street businesses

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A new bill being sent to Congress aims to further help small businesses that have suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on long-term goals. The Next Generation Entrepreneur Corps Act, if passed, would set up a mentor-mentee program between a small business and either an investor or a successful entrepreneur. The program is set at a 5-year minimum with new groups of…

Long-term care facilities look forward to looser restrictions

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With senior citizens among the most vaccinated — and most isolated — demographic in the nation, a growing number of proponents are calling for loosened COVID-19 restrictions. On Monday, the CDC advised that fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing. Long-term care experts, caregivers and others in Ohio hope…

Telehealth Champions Balderson and Axne Continue Expansion Efforts, Reintroduce Key Bipartisan Legislation

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KEEP Telehealth Options Act

WASHINGTON – Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH) and Congresswoman Cindy Axne (D-IA)—a bipartisan team that has championed the responsible, permanent expansion of telehealth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic—today reintroduced their flagship legislation, the KEEP Telehealth Options Act. The bill would instruct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Medicare Payment…

Balderson: Let’s Give Ohio Seniors Their Independence Back

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GRANVILLE – Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH) today held a press conference with families of residents at Middleton Senior Living in Granville, along with Executive Director Debbie Hartshorn and Kathryn Brod of LeadingAge Ohio, urging federal agencies and Governor Mike DeWine’s administration to reevaluate visitation restrictions for residents of long-term care facilities during the…

Balderson to DeWine: "Re-evaluate Ohio's restrictions on assisted living"

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — In another case of a Republican official pushing Ohio's Republican governor to change his COVID-19 approach, Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Zanesville) used his office Monday to push Gov. Mike DeWine to loosen or eliminate restrictions on nursing home visitation. DeWine later signaled on Monday that he had spoken…

Rep. Balderson Says It's Time To Ease COVID Visitation Rules At Nursing Homes

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Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) is urging Gov. Mike DeWine and federal health authorities to loosen visitation guidelines at nursing homes. COVID-19 has been especially deadly in nursing homes, with nearly 7,000 residents succumbing to the disease in the last year. The congregate setting means easier transmission, and elderly residents are more susceptible than other age groups to…

Bill seeks to advance transportation system technologies

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Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) recently reintroduced the Strengthening Methods to Advance Research and Technology (SMART) in Transportation Act, which he would bolster transportation system technologies. “Throughout our history, central Ohio has always led our country in smart mobility and advanced transportation research,” Balderson, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure…

Balderson Announces 2021 Service Academy Nominations

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WORTHINGTON, OH - Congressman Troy Balderson today announced Ohio’s 12th Congressional District’s service academy nominations for the Class of 2025. “We are once again putting our communities’ finest young leaders forward with these service academy nominations,“ said Congressman Balderson. “Ohio’s 12th Congressional District is home to so many remarkable applicants, and I am confident…

Balderson nominates 3 north central Ohio students for academy appointments

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MANSFIELD -- Three north central Ohio students were among Ohio’s 12th Congressional District service academy nominations for the Class of 2025. The list was announced Tuesday by Congressman Troy Balderson.  “We are once again putting our communities’ finest young leaders forward with these service academy nominations,“ Balderson said. “Ohio’s 12th Congressional District is home…

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