Unraveling Recovery: How Cutting Medicaid Threatens Ohioans in Crisis
Is Ohio headed for a crisis in health coverage, especially for mental health and addiction services?
More than a decade ago, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion was a game changer, extending coverage to over 700,000 Ohioans and providing a lifeline to thousands of Ohioans in need of mental health and addiction treatment services.
These gains may now be in jeopardy: Governor DeWine’s new proposed biennial budget includes a so-called “kill-switch” provision that would automatically end mental health and addiction services provided through the expansion if federal Medicaid funding is reduced.
With key leaders and policy experts, we’ll unpack the impact Medicaid has had on health outcomes in Ohio and the consequences facing patients in recovery if the state’s landmark care expansion is abandoned.
Featuring:
Oyauma Garrison, President & CEO, Maryhaven, Inc.
Rachelle Martin; Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Franklin County
Amy Bush Stevens, Amy Bush Stevens Consulting, LLC, Consultant to the Health Policy Institute of Ohio
The moderator is Greg Moody, Director of Professional Development, The John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
The presenting sponsors of CMC’s long-running Optimal Health Series are Nationwide Children’s Hospital, OhioHealth, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
This forum is sponsored by Maryhaven.
The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream is The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC’s livestream partner is The Columbus Dispatch. This forum is also supported by The Ellis.
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