1.
Name: VOLORIA MANNING
2.
Age: 53
3.
Contact
Address:
4.
Telephone
No: 386-736-7528
5.
Email
Address: Volorialmanning@hotmail.com
6.
Website: www.voloriamanning.com
7.
Office
Sought:
Biographical Data:
8.
Education:
a.
b. AIU,
9.
Experience:
a.
Teacher,
b.
Teen Director,
YMCA ,
c.
Rehabilitation
Therapist, State of
d.
Recreation
Therapist, Eagle Watch Clusters,
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a. One of the issues that is of major concern to
me is the fact that many
of
the residents of
uninsured and, therefore, cannot afford necessary health care. The
residents of
it comes to health care regardless of whether
or not they can afford
insurance.
clinics and prevention programs
regardless of insurance status.
Without proper intervention, the community
will, in the end, be
responsible for payment of the
resulting expenses.
The second
issue that is of concern to me is the fact that there are
insufficient health care facilities available
to meet the every day needs
and
emerging situations of the residents of
instance, there are no
public clinics in Deltona to which the public can
have access without going to
a hospital emergency room, which are
often overcrowded with long
waiting times.
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b.
It is my position
that the State Legislature is definitely entitled to dictate to local
government there taxation and revenue policy as long as this policy is used for
the public welfare in a fair and balanced manner.
11. There is still, and always will be, a need for a
Hospital Authority which levies ad valorem taxes on local health care services
as long as there are insufficient funds for facilities to meet the needs of its
citizens. It is obvious that the taxes
obtained from other sources have not been able to produce these very necessary
avenues to met the ongoing and increasing need for immediate health care for
the residents.
12. Tax funds should be made available as the need
dictates to provide for a public need.
Apparently sufficient funds are being given to those hospitals and
medical facilities which allow them to provide health care to indigent
patients. When those funds are no longer
sufficient to meet the need, tax money should be applied to take up the slack.
13. The West Volusia Hospital Authority meet and, I
believe, vote on suggestions given to them as to health care issues unresolved
by the hospitals and clients in their area directly affecting patients on a
personal basis.
They
review the issues and decide how the matter should resolved on a respectful,
dignified and professional manner.
To
the best of my knowledge, there was a clinic opened in Pearson to address the
overburdening of the local ER facility.
A clinic was also opened in Deland for care of indigent patients to
replace the facility destroyed by a hurricane in 2007.
14. One specific issue that was not addressed is the lack
of communication
which would allow the residents of