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Consumer Protection + Asset Building Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance

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Basic Needs

People who work hard and play by the rules deserve help during tough times. That’s why Policy Matters Ohio pushes for a solvent and well-funded unemployment compensation system.

Testimony on Sub. HB 119 before the Senate Health, Human Services & Medicaid Committee

December 11, 2018

Building a healthy Ohio

November 19, 2018

Protecting older Ohioans

November 01, 2018

Comment on Kentucky's application for Medicaid rule waiver

August 15, 2018

Employer-sponsored health insurance falls short

August 02, 2018

New ACA repeal plan threatens Ohioans

July 16, 2018

Assessing Ohio’s child care system

June 25, 2018

Medicaid requirements threaten health care access

June 14, 2018

Policy Matters Ohio's public comment on federal waiver request

June 14, 2018

Medicaid work requirements deceptively cite academic research

May 10, 2018

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Basic Needs

Testimony on Sub. HB 119 before the Senate Health, Human Services & Medicaid Committee

Building a healthy Ohio

Protecting older Ohioans

Comment on Kentucky's application for Medicaid rule waiver

Employer-sponsored health insurance falls short

New ACA repeal plan threatens Ohioans

Assessing Ohio’s child care system

Medicaid requirements threaten health care access

Policy Matters Ohio's public comment on federal waiver request

Medicaid work requirements deceptively cite academic research

Cuts to SNAP will harm hungry Ohioans

Home energy programs supported in 2018 U.S. budget, 2019 uncertain

Trump budget threatens Ohio social services

Comments in opposition to Group VIII work requirement and community engagement 1115 demonstration waiver application

Work requirements ill-suited for low-wage workers, may violate labor protections, burden all patients

Work requirements threaten coverage for thousands of Medicaid patients

Fact sheet: Medicaid works; work requirements don’t

Comment to the Senate Finance Committee on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill

SNAP feeds Ohio

Defending Health Care: What’s at stake in Ohio?

Policy Matters letter to Governor Kasich

Harming health care in Ohio and America

AHCA will strip away at Medicaid

Testimony: Medicaid - Barriers to care in the operating budget

Trump budget slashes food aid for struggling Ohioans

Leveraging SNAP to improve worker skills

AHCA threatens Ohio’s growing health care sector

House budget takes aim at Medicaid

Preschool for every child

Medicaid works in Ohio

SNAP to Skills

Testimony to the House Finance Health and Human Services Subcommittee

Testimony House Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

House Republican plan to repeal the ACA will hurt Ohio

Repeal of health law threatens Ohioans

Policy Matters Ohio defends crucial unemployment compensation benefits

What's Ohio doing about hunger? Making it harder to put food on the table

Ohio should maximize use of federal food aid

Unemployment bill especially harsh to older workers

Advocates call for lifting barriers to food aid

Kasich pressed to accept food aid for all hungry Ohioans

Ohio should maximize federal food aid

Testimony: Good jobs will help lift families out of poverty

Stop the Hunger Games: Ohio should maximize access to food aid

The struggles of part-time faculty

Out-of-Step

New Cuts to Food Aid in Ohio Should Not Go Forward

The War on Poverty at 50

Shrinking aid for Ohio’s poorest families

Shrinking aid for Ohio's poorest families -- documents

Getting by in Ohio: The 2013 Basic Family Budget

New Census data: Young-adult health coverage up in Ohio, child poverty rates hold steady at shockingly high rate in cities

Who pays for Shabby Benefits?

Who Takes Credit?: The EITC and free tax preparation in Cuyahoga County, 2010

Public Benefits Subsidize Major Ohio Employers

Reasonable Costs: What Can Ohioans Afford to Pay for Health Care?

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (2008)

Bridging the Gaps in Ohio

Policy Matters Testifies on Unemployment Compensation and Social Security, October 2007

Making Ends Meet: Basic Family Budgets in Ohio

ODJFS to Produce Employer Data

A Threat to Public Records Access

Public Benefits at Ohio Employers: An Initial Analysis

Social Security and Income: Older Americans and Older Ohioans

Status of Women in the States, 2002-2003 Ohio Report Card

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (2002)

Ohio Unemployment Insurance Falling Short: New National Report Card Gives Ohio an “F”

Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families

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