Gov. Kasich’s budget proposal accounts for coverage for the 3 million poor and disabled residents of Ohio, including 700,000 childless adults, who gained Medicaid coverage through the expansion of the program under the ACA.
To offset the costs of the program, Gov. Kasich’s plan for the state’s Medicaid program would save hundreds of millions of dollars by reducing payments to hospitals and nursing homes, charging some beneficiaries premiums and transitioning some nursing home residents and others into private managed care plans, according to the report.
Gov. Kasich also announced a replacement for the state tax on Medicaid managed care companies, which federal regulators banned.
However, his plan doesn’t include a contingency if President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans cut down the ACA and states lose Medicaid expansion funding, according to the report.
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