Public transit is a crucial service in Ohio, helping millions get to work, school, and important appointments, like doctors’ visits, every day. While Ohio’s ridership is the 14th highest in the country, the 2018-2019 budget continues to underfund transit. This budget is particularly bad; lawmakers cut a local tax that
By Katie Fallon and Wendy Patton Medicaid is Ohio’s largest health insurer, covering more than 3 million people or one quarter of Ohioans. It provides low-income children, the elderly, working adults, and people with disabilities access to the care that keeps them healthy. Lawmakers increased funding for Medicaid in the
Policy Matters Ohio submitted comments to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (CGHJ) health care bill today. The bill threatens health insurance for hundreds of thousands of Ohioans. The changes the bill makes to funding and consumer protections would limit the state’s ability to maintain its current
Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments to the Finance Committee on the proposed Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill. Policy Matters Ohio is an Ohio-based policy research institute that closely examines budgetary and health implications of state and federal policy decisions and we’re grateful to be able to summarize some of our
We can’t give up now. We thought we stopped efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act last month. We were wrong. The Graham-Cassidy proposal has gained steam and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could call for a vote next week. Now is the time to reach out to
As the Cassidy-Graham bill poses the biggest threat to the Affordable Care Act to date, health care for thousands of Ohio school children also hangs in the balance. Congress is on the brink of passing a bill that provides health insurance for thousands of Ohio’s school children over the next
A promising new bi-partisan health proposal from eight governors breaks with past Congressional Republicans’ harmful approaches. Instead, they hope to preserve and expand on coverage gains achieved under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by strengthening the ACA marketplaces and making health insurance more affordable for working families. The plan, spearheaded
Katherine Fallon: Forget the zombies. Go with the governors on health care
COLUMBUS: Frantic efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) captured the nation’s attention all summer. We breathed a sigh of relief when three Republican senators voted no, driving a stake through the heart of the zombie legislation that wouldn’t die. Now the bill is back and just