New program could enhance poor communities or drive inequality Depending on how it is implemented, a new program created under last year’s Trump tax bill could be a boon for Ohio’s poor communities or for wealthy investors and developers. The federal tax bill allows states to identify up to 25
Lax oversight of billions of dollars in tax expenditures More than two months after its first report was due, the Ohio General Assembly’s Tax Expenditure Review Committee (TERC) has yet to submit any filing on its examination of a subset of tax breaks that cost state and local government $5.5
Assessment shows program stabilizes employment, families and health system “Governor Kasich made a smart choice in expanding Medicaid in 2014, allowing hundreds of thousands to secure health care and lead healthier, more productive lives,” said Wendy Patton, Senior Project Director at Policy Matters Ohio, in response to a Kasich Administration
The Honorable Alex Azar, SecretaryU.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20201 RE: Comments in Opposition to Kentucky HEALTH 1115 Demonstration Modification Request Dear Secretary Azar: We oppose approval of the Kentucky 1115 demonstration project referenced above. The proposal would cause 95,000 low-income residents of
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), which helps people of low and modest income get health insurance, was under assault by Congress for most of last year. It survived, but the battle is starting again. A group of conservative think tanks is working to build support for a new plan to
Axes protection for pre-existing conditions, turns Medicaid expansion and marketplace subsidies into block grant A new Policy Matters Ohio policy brief finds more than 830,000 Ohioans are at risk of losing health coverage under a new plan for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that a group of conservative think
Transfer of $657 million into rainy day fund ignores needs of state residents The Kasich administration today transferred $657 million into the state’s rainy day fund. But instead of banking this money, the state should have used it to make lives better today for millions of Ohioans by strengthening public
A new plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would have devastating effects on health insurance coverage and put a staggering number of Ohioans’ health and financial security at risk. This new plan, unveiled at the conservative Hoover Institution in Washington D.C., would end the Medicaid expansion that insures
The Honorable Alex Azar, SecretaryU.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, DC 20201 Seema Verma, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services7500 Security Blvd.Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: Comments in Opposition to Ohio’s “Group VIII Work Requirement and Community Engagement” 1115 Demonstration Waiver Application Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator
State lawmakers spend Ohioans’ tax dollars through the budget, but also through the tax code. Tax breaks (“tax expenditures”) cost the state more than $9 billion annually. While policymakers watch the budget carefully, until this year, they haven’t paid much attention to spending through the tax code. In a policy
By Wendy Patton and Zach Schiller The 2018 review of tax breaks The state pays for public services through the budget and subsidizes interests both broad and narrow through the tax code, in tax breaks, known in the budget world as “tax expenditures.” Ohio’s lawmakers watch the budget carefully, but
Policy Matters analysis exposes misinterpretations, contradictions Earlier this year, the Trump Administration announced it would encourage states to seek waivers for Medicaid demonstration projects that would make it more difficult for millions of Americans to access health care. To justify their proposal, the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Studies
