June 6, 2025
Medicaid expansion economic impact
New analysis commissioned by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio projects that if Medicaid expansion is eliminated, growth in Ohio’s economy (i.e., the state’s gross domestic product) woul…
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May 30, 2025
Medicaid expansion study: Budget impact
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new policy brief that describes how the potential elimination of Medicaid expansion may impact Ohio’s state budget. Click here to see the repo…
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May 22, 2025
Ohio children less likely to be uninsured than children in non-expansion states
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new policy brief that describes the role of Medicaid expansion in improving the health and well-being of parents, caregivers and their children. Cli…
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May 15, 2025
MH treatment by insurance type (Expansion study)
Data included in recent analysis from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio shows that mental health treatment rates for people with serious mental illness are higher for Medicaid-enrolled adults compar…
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May 9, 2025
Cannabis excise tax revenue allocations
Cannabis use among Ohio teens was relatively low in 2021, with Ohio ranking 10thbest in HPIO’s 2024 Health Value Dashboard. However, the Dashboard found that “with the recent legalization…
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May 2, 2025
Federal BH spending via Medicaid Expansion
HPIO has posted a revised version of its recent policy brief on the impact of Medicaid expansion on mental health and substance use treatment access.After HPIO released the brief, the Ohio Department …
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April 25, 2025
Sources of insurance (Medicaid Basics 2025)
Data included in HPIO’s “Ohio Medicaid Basics 2025” shows that most Ohioans have employer sponsored health coverage, as illustrated above. Many Ohioans who have low incomes enroll i…
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April 18, 2025
Ohio alcohol-involved deaths nearly double
April is Alcohol Awareness Month and data shows that alcohol-involved deaths have nearly doubled in Ohio over the past decade, as illustrated above. Alcohol use is influenced by many factors, includi…
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April 7, 2025
Ohioans face less health cost barriers, but racial disparities persist
April is Minority Health Month and data included in HPIO’s 2024 Health Value Dashboard shows that if disparities were eliminated in Ohio, 62,760 fewer Black Ohioans and 37,695 fewer Hispanic Ohi…
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April 4, 2025
ROI for housing, nutrition services (HRSN roadmap)
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new publication titled “State Policy Roadmap: Leveraging Medicaid to Support Housing and Nutrition in Ohio.” This Roadmap reflects insig…
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March 27, 2025
Medicaid job categories
As Ohio and federal policymakers consider the future of expanded Medicaid eligibility, a new illustration from HPIO shows examples of the types of jobs with average pay that would currently make Ohioa…
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March 21, 2025
Child Tax Credit expansion drops child poverty
Data included in a recent HPIO data snapshot shows that a federal expansion of the child tax credit (CTC) led to a sharp drop in child poverty, as illustrated above. HPIO released last week a new dat…
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