Ohio Health Value Review
November 2025
The Ohio Health Value Review is a quarterly electronic update from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio designed to provide evidence-informed resources and highlight opportunities for sectors to work together to improve health value in our state. If you have questions about the newsletter or have suggested tools or resources you would like to see included in future editions, please contact Nick Wiselogel, HPIO’s Vice President of Strategic Communications.
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Data included in HPIO’s “Ohio Medicaid Basics 2025” shows that more than 1 in 3 Ohioans have health coverage through either Medicare or Medicaid, as illustrated below.
Medicaid is a federal-state partnership in which the federal government provides guidelines and partial funding, with each state designing and administering its own program. Meanwhile, Medicare is fully administered and financed by the federal government. Medicare primarily serves Americans ages 65 and older, while Medicaid serves low-income individuals of all ages and other groups determined to be eligible.
Medicaid plays a significant role in coverage for Ohioans and accounts for a substantial portion of the state budget (in state fiscal year 2024, federal and state expenditures on Medicaid accounted for about 39% of Ohio’s state operating budget). Many Ohioans who have low incomes enroll in Medicaid, the second-most common source for coverage in Ohio, in part because other health insurance coverage is unavailable, too expensive or does not provide coverage for needed services, such as long-term services and supports.
You can access HPIO’s work related to Medicaid, healthcare access and coverage by clicking here.
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Health value resources
The resources below, organized by the domains in HPIO’s Health Value Dashboard, can be used to help improve health value in Ohio.
Population health and healthcare spending
- Ohio Child Mental Health Project: Factors contributing to child and youth mental health struggles –– HPIO
- How do healthcare prices and utilization in the United States compare to peer nations? –– KFF
- Maternal Mortality in the United States, 2025 –– Commonwealth Fund
- The State of Mental Health in America 2025 –– Mental Health America
Social and economic environment
- Healthcare access and affordability in Ohio series –– HPIO
- Perspectives on Health-Related Social Needs Screening in Primary Care Among Black and Latine Patients –– JAMA Network Open
- How Cuts to Nutrition and Housing Assistance Ripple Through Communities –– Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Physical environment
- Telehealth for Patients Experiencing Homelessness—An Unexpected Opportunity –– JAMA Internal Medicine
- States Step Up: Protecting Americans’ Health in the Face of Extreme Weather –– STAT Network via The Rockefeller Foundation
- Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Climate, Health, and Health Care –– Commonwealth Fund
- Impacts of Recent Federal and State Actions on Natural Disaster Preparedness and Response on Health –– KFF
Access to care
- A View of Medicaid Today and a Look Ahead: Balancing Access, Budgets and Upcoming Changes –– KFF
- Closing Health Coverage Gaps: The Impact of Enrollment and Retention Policies –– Commonwealth Fund
- 2025 Wrap Up of State Legislative Action on Affordability –– United States of Care
Healthcare system
- 2025 Trends Shaping the Health Economy –– Trilliant Health
- How States Can Boost Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities –– Pew Charitable Trusts
Public health and prevention
- A decision framework for effective, equitable and context-specific public health and social measures during public health emergencies –– World Health Organization
- Guidance for Investing the Opioid Settlement Funds in Primary Prevention –– Partnership to End Addiction
- Leveraging Public Health Assets in Medicaid Managed Care –– Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Libraries are public health hubs –– WBUR
Health equity
- Disappearing Federal Data: Implications for Addressing Health Disparities –– KFF
- Unequal Measurement: A Call for a National Framework for Measuring Health Equity –– Commonwealth Fund
- Recent State Actions Impacting Immigrants’ Access to State-Funded Health Coverage and Other Public Programs –– KFF
