Governor Kasich vetoed 47 provisions in the state budget and the House overrode 11 of them. Most of them had to do with Medicaid. Medicaid is Ohio’s largest single health insurer, covering around 3 million people, a quarter of all Ohioans. About two-thirds of its funding comes from federal dollars.
Ohio students, children, seniors face big losses From food aid to Medicaid to Pell Grants, the Republican budget plan making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives takes aim at critical public services that help millions of Ohioans, according to a report by the Center on Budget and Policy
This month, the Ohio Senate may finally settle the 2018-2019 budget. Their decisions on whether to override some or all of the governor’s vetoes will have a profound impact ranging from Medicaid health care coverage to county and transit agency budgets. Governor Kasich made 47 vetoes to the budget and
Executive summary Medicaid, the state’s largest program with the most federal dollars, was the primary point of contention as Ohio’s lawmakers crafted the 2018-19 budget this past spring. Struggles over Medicaid structure and funding in Congress added uncertainty to historical rancor over Ohio’s Medicaid expansion. The governor signed the budget
Policy Matters Ohio Senior Project Director Wendy Patton on the U.S. Senate’s failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act: Last night’s narrow defeat of the Senate “skinny repeal” bill is a huge victory, one that helps protect Ohio’s public health gains and sharp drop in uninsurance rates due to the
New Policy Matters report analyzes strong case for lawmaker’s fix The fate of more than $200 million a year in funding for Ohio’s transit agencies and county governments is now in the hands of the Ohio Senate. The federal government told Ohio to bring the Medicaid Managed Care provider tax
Executive Summary When the federal government told Ohio to bring the Medicaid Managed Care provider tax (MCO tax) into compliance by broadening its base, the state did, but also cut the tax, and left local governments and transit agencies out of the fix. Ohio uses health care provider taxes like
The Trump tax plan reduces federal revenues by $4.8 trillion over 10 years and overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans and large corporations, according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). For a state like Ohio with few super-wealthy residents, few people will receive large
Congressional Republicans’ 2018 budget, released yesterday, would strip trillions of dollars from middle class and working families in favor of tax giveaways to the very wealthy and profitable corporations. The budget also creates a special fast-track process that would allow Republicans to force through their agenda without bipartisan support. Underlying
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 of health insurance for all makes people and families healthier, happier and more productive. It
Good morning, Chairman Coley, Ranking Member Schiavoni and members of the committee. I am Wendy Patton, a Senior Project Director at Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of creating a more prosperous, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio. Thank you for the opportunity to testify. Senate Bill
OPINION: Kasich’s right about health care bill and Ohio’s opioid crisis
Gov. John Kasich is right. The $45 billion for opioid treatment over 10 years that Sen. Rob Portman is reportedly considering as part of the Senate health care bill would amount to “spitting in the ocean” when it comes to addressing actual need in Ohio. Opioids have recently become a