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Posted July 01, 2017 in Press Releases
Governor Kasich did the right thing in vetoing the freeze of enrollment in the Medicaid expansion. Ohio‘s successful expansion of Medicaid means most Ohioans – 94 percent of us - now have health coverage. Protection... read more
Posted June 30, 2017 in Press Releases
Policy Matters weighs in on state budget sent to Governor Kasich The budget bill the General Assembly sent to the Governor would reduce health care coverage with harsh new restrictions on Medicaid expansion eligibility and a... read more
Posted June 29, 2017 in Press Releases
The Ohio legislature voted yesterday to set aside a controversial provision in the Bureau of Workers Compensation budget bill (HB27) that would have put undocumented workers and those who work with them at risk. Last month,... read more
Posted June 27, 2017 in Press Releases
Ohio’s House and Senate have each passed budget bills that would narrow eligibility and freeze Medicaid expansion, mirroring federal bills that also reduce health coverage, according to a new report from Policy Matters Ohio. “The American... read more
Posted June 26, 2017 in Press Releases
Tim Keen, Ohio’s budget director, predicts that Ohio will underperform the country over the next two years in all major measures that “summarize the broad economy or are key drivers for the revenue estimates for... read more
Posted June 22, 2017 in Press Releases
Both House and Senate versions of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) make steep cuts to Medicaid and effectively end Medicaid expansion. With 25 percent of its population on Medicaid and more than 723,000 people... read more
Posted June 21, 2017 in Press Releases
Instead of improving a deeply flawed budget bill passed by the Ohio House of Representatives, the Ohio Senate is moving toward approval today of a bill that deepens disinvestment in Ohio’s people and communities. The Senate... read more
Posted June 21, 2017 in Press Releases
COLUMBUS—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced that he will release a “discussion draft” of the U.S. Senate’s health care bill tomorrow, with a vote likely the following week. Senate leaders have used a closed-door process... read more
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