Ohio schools underfunded by $2.75 billion This brief was originally published on July 26, 2026 by the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association. In the 2026-2027 biennial budget, Ohio’s legislature underfunded K-12 public schools across the state by $2.75 billion dollars, compared to what they would have received under the Fair School
Dear Secretary Kennedy and Administrator Oz, My name is Madelaine Matej MacQueen, and I am the Budget Researcher at Policy Matters Ohio. I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services interim final rule (IFR), “Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals” (CMS-2454-IFC). Policy
New Medicaid finance restrictions from last summer’s federal budget bill (H.R. 1) could result in as much as a $7.33 billion Ohio Medicaid funding shortfall during the state’s next budget cycle. However, if the Ohio legislature acts quickly, the state can avoid this loss, according to Policy Matters Ohio’s new
Provider taxes fund Ohio’s Medicaid program Medicaid is publicly funded health insurance, paid for with a combination of federal and state funding. H.R. 1, the 2025 federal budget bill,[1] shifted more of the costs of Medicaid onto the states. As a result, Ohio’s Medicaid program could experience a shortfall of
To: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Re: Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments (CMS-2449-P) Dear Secretary Kennedy and Administrator Oz, My name is Madelaine
What are Scholarship Granting Organizations? Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) are nonprofit organizations that provide tuition scholarships to students in grades K-12. In Ohio, SGOs must allocate at least 50% of their program service expenses to K-12 student scholarships, prioritizing students from households with income under 300% of the federal poverty
To: The Honorable Scott Bessent, Secretary, Department of the Treasury and Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service Re: Request for Comments on Individual Tax Credit for Qualified Contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations (Notice 2025-70) Dear Secretary Bessent, My name is Madelaine Matej MacQueen and I am the Budget Researcher at Policy
