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Sight, snakes and possible swindles were themes in Dr. Oz’s visit to Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Trump’s director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to a Columbus-area elementary school to see the results of a government-sponsored… Read More
A report indicates more than half a million Ohioans could lose Medicaid coverage in the next decade
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new report shows recent cuts in funding from Ohio’s Medicaid budget will force more than a half a million Ohioans off the program… Read More
Ohio Democrats reintroduce a bill to legalize medically assisted suicide
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Four Democratic state lawmakers are fronting an effort to legalize medically assisted suicide for Ohioans with terminal diagnoses, following an effort in 2018 that did… Read More
Medication assisted treatment is a proven method to curb addiction. New research out of Ohio University finds one obvious place its not offered
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Southeast Ohio has been a ground zero for the addiction epidemic that’s claimed thousands of lives over the past decade. Medication assisted treatment has been proven to… Read More
Ohio Democrats are proposing bills on affordability, but Republicans have different ideas
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In this election year, Democrats are talking about affordability, including the 33 Democrats in the Ohio House. Last week, Democrats talked up two bills… Read More
Medical emergencies can lead to financial emergencies. A Carroll County nonprofit aims to help
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CARROLL COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Marsha Bullock was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma last year, the 62-year-old grandmother’s life took up a pattern of doctors… Read More
Ohio House Republicans vote for another abortion waiting period, while the current one is in court
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio House have approved a bill to create a 24-hour waiting period between the time a patient seeks an abortion and when… Read More
A bill requiring info on ‘abortion reversal’ has been introduced for the third time in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican-sponsored bill would require women who got abortion-inducing medication to receive information on how to reverse that process after taking the first of the… Read More
AgrAbility keeps aging and injured Ohio farmers in the field
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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PREBLE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Len Vonderhaar has been farming corn and soybeans in Preble County since 1962. Each year his love has only grown for his around… Read More
Cancer survivors are among those who want Ohio to ban insurance accumulators
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio bill introduced in 2025 would require health insurance agencies to recognize all payments, including coupons or copay assistance, as going to a patient’s… Read More
Ohio Medicare patients now need approval for certain procedures – from artificial intelligence
By: Taylor Winzer | Ideastream Public Media
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CLEVELAND (Ideastream Public Media) — Ohio is one of six states in a new federal pilot program that’s using artificial intelligence to help decide whether certain medical procedures should be… Read More
Ohio was awarded $202 million for rural health. It’s not enough to offset federal Medicaid cuts
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom, Taylor Winzer | Ideastream Public Media
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Ohio is receiving more than $200 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as part of a newly created federal program to strengthen health care in rural communities. The… Read More
Estimates show one-fifth of Ohioans with ACA subsidies are dropping health insurance
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As 2026 begins, estimates suggest 20% of Ohioans who got health insurance through the Affordable Care Act with subsidies last year are opting out… Read More
This Ohio pharmacy professor is training to bridge rural healthcare gaps
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Each year, the National Rural Health Association trains nearly 20 rural healthcare professionals with the aim of expanding access for small towns. This year, Ohio… Read More
Ohio’s 2026 US Senate race: Husted and Brown focus in on health care cost
By: Sarah Donaldson | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The 43-day-long federal government shutdown ended in November, but the issue at the center of it is still unresolved going into 2026. And in… Read More
Ohio Sen. Jon Husted says he’s for ‘some kind’ of ACA subsidy extension
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) —The 43-day-long federal government shutdown ended last week, but the issue at the center of the shutdown went unresolved: whether to extend Affordable Care Act… Read More
School-based health care centers are growing, which brings medical care to more kids in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Picture an old chemistry lab being used as a health care clinic for the local community. That’s exactly what Dr. Sara Bode, medical director… Read More
Millions of Ohioans are caregivers. Many are struggling
By: Clare Roth | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — A recent study published by the AARP found nearly a quarter of Ohio adults are caregivers. More than two million people across the state are… Read More
As the government shutdown ends, Ohioans still worry over soaring health care costs
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Health care costs were at the epicenter of the federal government shutdown that ended Wednesday. More than half a million Ohioans rely on subsidies to… Read More
The House returns for a vote to end the government shutdown after nearly 2 months away
By: Kevin Freking | Joey Cappelletti | Matt Brown | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers will make a long-awaited return to the nation’s capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government… Read More
Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums
By: Joey Cappelletti | Ali Swenson | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the… Read More
The number of Ohio children without insurance has risen. Experts say it could grow
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio has seen an increase in the number of children without health insurance since the unwinding of pandemic-era Medicaid continuous coverage. From 2022 to 2024,… Read More
Ohio will pilot adding prior authorization requirements to Medicare
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Many private health insurers require medical providers to get approval before administering treatment, sometimes resulting in delayed or denied care for patients. Now, that tactic,… Read More
Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty
By: Lisa Mascaro | Mary Clare Jalonick | Stephen Groves | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running… Read More
The US government is on the brink of its first shutdown in almost 7 years during a partisan standoff
By: Mary Clare Jalonick | Lisa Mascaro | Stephen Groves | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress… Read More