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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April 4, 2025
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
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
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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March 14, 2025
HPIO has released a new brief titled “Policy Considerations: The Future of Group VIII (expansion) Medicaid Coverage in Ohio.”In 2014, when Ohio expanded Medicaid eligibility under the fede…
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March 7, 2025
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new publication titled Public Health Basics, which offers detailed insights into the state's public health services, workforce and the challenges the…
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February 28, 2025
Data compiled by HPIO shows that more than 770,000 Ohioans (over 6% of the total population) are enrolled in Medicaid through Group VIII (also known as the expansion group). The highest rates of enrol…
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February 21, 2025
Data shows that there has been a steady increase in educational attainment among Black Ohioans over the course of nearly a century, as illustrated above. During Black History Month and every month, we…
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