“Local tax levies are passed with specific provisions that the money be used for district

“Local tax levies are passed with specific provisions that the money be used for district schools. People really ought to really pay attention to that. People just aren’t informed about it.”

William Phillis, executive director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding. Hundreds of people filled the Boardman Performing Arts Center last month for a forum that included local, state and national speakers about the issue. Organizers of that meeting plan to establish subcommittees this summer aimed at informing the public.

“The protections we are voluntarily extending are good for people’s health, promote broader access to quality care and contribute to helping control rising health-care costs.”

UnitedHealth CEO Stephen J. Hemsley, in a statement after UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Aetna all said Monday that they will continue to cover preventive care such as immunizations and screenings without requiring patients to pay a set co-payment.