September 12, 2025
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new data brief titled Healthcare Affordability Challenges for Working Ohioans that presents current data on the cost of basic needs for working Ohioa…
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September 5, 2025
As children in Ohio and across the country begin a new school year, data shows that while Ohio ranks 10thin the nation for fourth grade reading, just 35% of the state’s public-school students sc…
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August 29, 2025
Both children and adults in Ohio turn to emergency departments for preventable dental issues at far higher rates than the national average. In 2022, Ohio children on Medicaid were nearly twice as lik…
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August 22, 2025
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new fact sheet that outlines major federal and Ohio healthcare access and affordability policy changes.The document provides a high-level summary of …
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August 8, 2025
For many working Ohioans, the cost of basic necessities — such as housing, childcare, food, transportation and health care — is outpacing their income. A tool developed by United Way shows…
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August 1, 2025
Over the past decade, there have been major policy changes to improve access to care, including Ohio’s expansion of Medicaid eligibility in 2014, which contributed to Ohio’s uninsured rate…
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July 25, 2025
Next Wednesday, July 30, is the 60th anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965, legislation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson that created Medicare and Medicaid. Data included in HPIO’…
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July 18, 2025
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new brief titled “Factors Contributing to Child and Youth Mental Health Struggles.” The brief is the second in a series of four planned H…
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July 11, 2025
The federal spending package that was signed into law last week will lead to a $37 billion reduction in federal Medicaid funds in Ohio over the next decade, KFF analysis projects. Using estimates fro…
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June 27, 2025
As celebrations for Pride Month conclude, national data shows that living in accepting communities can prevent harm for LGBTQ+ young people. In Ohio, gay, lesbian and bisexual youth are nearly 3 time…
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June 20, 2025
As the Ohio General Assembly continues negotiations in conference committee, a provision remains in the state’s biennial budget plan that would eliminate Medicaid expansion if the federal govern…
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June 13, 2025
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has completed a comprehensive, data-driven study to describe how the expansion of Medicaid in Ohio in 2014 impacted coverage, access and affordability and to estima…
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