Ohio’s Governor Kasich Medicaid Expansion Would Improve Mental Illness Care

Circle Connections: New Products & Services Kasich has proposed accepting federal money to expand Medicaid to cover more people. If the Ohio General Assembly approves the plan – at least some Republicans have expressed skepticism – Medicaid eligibility would be enlarged to accept people at up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. In addition, single men and women who don't have children would also become eligible. The governor's proposal would add an estimated 505,000 Ohioans to the Medicaid rolls, said Robert Runyon, president of the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers. About 2 million Ohioans are now . . .