A weekly news review by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio
August 04, 2023
HPIO has released a new publication, titled “Strategies to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio: Building Skills and Strengthening Connections to Caring Adults,”
July 28, 2023
At a House oversight hearing this week, the Biden administration’s top drug policy official emphasized the need to address both mental illness and drug addiction simultaneously to reduce fentanyl deaths
July 28, 2023
HPIO analysis has found that over the past decade, about 84% of the increase in spending on the Medicaid program in Ohio has been paid from federal funds, with the state accounting for 16% of the increase.
July 28, 2023
Ohio voters will decide this fall whether the right to an abortion should be added to the state constitution, after officials said this week that enough signatures were gathered to get the proposal on the ballot
July 28, 2023
Private health insurance companies paid by Medicaid denied millions of requests for care for low-income Americans with little oversight from federal and state authorities, according to a new report by U.S. investigators published last week
July 21, 2023
Ohio's latest biennial budget, which was signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Mike DeWine, includes new affordable housing initiatives, including $100 million for a state tax credit program to help finance 4,000 rental units and tax credits
July 21, 2023
New analysis from HPIO has found that in 2021, 88% of Ohio adults reported that all or most of the time during their childhood, they had an adult in their household who made them feel safe and protected
July 21, 2023
The United States has reached a milestone in the long struggle against COVID: The total number of Americans dying each day — from any cause — is no longer historically abnormal
July 21, 2023
Americans who live in neighborhoods with less socioeconomic advantage may have a higher risk of dementia, according to a new study
July 14, 2023
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio today released new analysis that found that if Ohio eliminated racial disparities, by 2050 the state could gain $79 billion in economic output each year, an increase of 10% over current gross state product.
July 14, 2023
The Biden administration this week proposed to strengthen requirements for the removal of lead-based paint dust in homes and childcare facilities built before 1978, an effort to eliminate exposure to lead that could require millions of property owner
