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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June 6, 2025
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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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