Ohio Removes 500,000 People From Health Care Plan

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Over 500,000 fewer Ohioans are benefiting from public health care than two years ago, thanks to the expiration of COVID-era safeguards on coverage.

According to the health care research firm KFF, the number of those enrolled in Medicaid and the associated Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Ohio has fallen from over 3.4 million to under 2.9 million between March 2023 and October 2024.

The 16 percent decline seen in Ohio over less than two years aligns with the drops seen across the country since the beginning of the nationwide "unwinding process" that began following the end of the public health emergency.

Although Ohio still has significantly more residents enrolled in the two programs compared to pre-pandemic levels, the recent decline is concerning, as research suggests that many have lost coverage due to procedural issues rather than ineligibility.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/ohio-removes-500-000-people-from-health-care-plan/ar-AA1A25F8

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1. So much for big government, eh? I guess that the state doesn't feel like it needs to serve the needs of its own

people, eh? And this being dropped to procedural issues instead of costs seems rather designed specifically to reduce the rolls of eligible Ohio residents from being covered, thus helping the state ensure that its residents and workers are healthy, what's wrong w/ this? Don't you want your own people to be healthy?