Medicaid • Health Issue • Business Issue • State Budget Issue
Mar 27, 2015
Medicaid
• Health Issue
• Business Issue
• State Budget Issue
Ohio
• $1 million (11%) Ohioans under age 65 lack health insurance; half under 200% FPL
• Single parent with two children must earn more than $38,000 (225% FPL) to contribute any toward health care
• 70% single mothers under 225% FPL• 60% single fathers under 225% FPL
More Than Health
• Housing Insecurity
• Debt, Credit Rating and Predatory Lending
• Bankruptcy
• Food Insecurity
• Latchkey and Unsafe Childcare
From a State/Local Perspective
• Reauthorize SCHIP, streamline enrollment and retention, fund outreach
• FMAP increase; 8 percentage point increase $1.4 billion in additional federal funds for the biennium
• Comprehensive health care reform