Values and Principles

Akron Community Health Resources, a non-profit agency serving northeast Ohio, believes that all services and community health care should be guided by principles that reflect values of the medically needy and uninsured:

·Health and health care are fundamental to the well-being and security of the American people.

·Health care is a shared social responsibility. This is defined as, on the one hand, the nation or community’s responsibility for the health and security of its people, and on the other hand, the individual’s responsibility to be a good steward of health care resources.

·All Americans should have access to a set of core health care services across the continuum of care that includes wellness and preventive services.

·This defined set of benefits should be guaranteed for all, across their lifespan, in a simple and seamless manner.

·These benefits should be portable and independent of health status, working status, age, income or other categorical factors that might otherwise affect health-insurance status.

·Health care spending needs to be considered in the context of other societal needs and responsibilities. Because resources for health care spending are not unlimited, the efficient use of public and private resources is critical.