| Uneven Burden: Economic Analysis of Medicaid Expenditure Changes in Ohio (2004) | |||||||||||||
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| Uneven Burden Economic Analysis Medicaid Expenditure Changes Ohio Robert Greenbaum and Anand Desai School Public Policy and Management The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio April The full report available http www ppm ohio state edu ppm medicaid pdf Introduction tight economic times one the main concerns that individuals and families face the loss healthcare benefits Unfortunately poor economy also implies shrinking tax revenues and reduced fiscal capacity maintain previous levels expenditures Ohio like other states constitutionally mandated balance their budget finds itself economic bind Given the difficult economic outlook would appear that funding for Medicaid cannot continued current levels Some the uncertainty regarding how deep and where expenditure reductions might occur was removed when Governor Taft proposed million cuts over the next two fiscal years the state growth funding for Ohio Medicaid program The governor proposal provides starting point for discussions the consequences potential changes the level spending for Medicaid Recipients this assistance are not distributed evenly across Ohio hence there will differential consequences the proposed reductions different areas the state report here our analysis how the proposed cuts will affect the aggregate the economies the Ohio counties effort reduce costs states may choose redefine the optional populations that are eligible for services For instance good economic times states have increased the income levels which | |||||||||||||
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