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Advocates urge Senate panel to drop automatic 'trigger' that would end Medicaid expansion
Summary
Disability, health and advocacy groups told the Senate Medicaid subcommittee that language in House Bill 96 that would automatically end Medicaid expansion if the federal FMAP falls below 90% would strip coverage from hundreds of thousands of Ohioans and destabilize health services across the state.
Chairman Romanchuk and members of the Senate Medicaid Subcommittee heard multiple witnesses Monday urging lawmakers to remove or soften language in House Bill 96 that would automatically terminate Ohio's Medicaid expansion if the federal matching rate (FMAP) dropped below 90%.
Disability advocates, reproductive health groups, social workers and local coalitions told the panel the measure — described in testimony as a "trigger" — would abruptly cut coverage for hundreds of thousands of people with little warning and cause service providers to collapse.
"Ending Medicaid expansion is nothing short of a work disincentive for hundreds of thousands," said Dr. Jules…
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