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After years of delays and debate, 2024 was the year when several health initiatives started to move forward. And advocates now worry that 2025 could be the year when those gains move in the other ...
(The Center Square) – Ohio plans to take another shot at requiring work for Medicaid expansion benefits. The state included language in the state budget, signed in July 2023, saying it would ...
The new "next generation" Medicaid system was set to launch in July. Now, most of the changes will be pushed back to the end of the year. Rollout of new Ohio Medicaid health plans delayed until ...
Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a significant ...
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
2.6 million were in the "coverage gap" due to the 19 states that chose not to expand the Medicaid program under the ACA/Obamacare, meaning their income was above the Medicaid eligibility limit but below the threshold for subsidies on the ACA exchanges (~44% to 100% of the federal poverty level or FPL); 5.4 million were undocumented immigrants;
Nearly 40% of Ohio's budget is spent on Medicaid, insuring low-income residents, but is that investment reflected in how healthy its residents are?
The 2024 Ohio redistricting commission initiative was a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment, Issue 1 on the ballot, that was defeated 53.7% to 46.3% in the November 2024 election. [1]