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House Medicaid Committee hears sponsor testimony on bill to bar Medicaid funding for providers that perform abortions
Summary
Sponsors of House Bill 410 told the House Medicaid Committee the bill would align Ohio law with a federal change and bar state Medicaid payments to entities that perform elective abortions; lawmakers asked whether the change would reduce access to cancer screenings and other nonabortion services.
A sponsor appearing for Representatives Schmidt and Matthews told the House Medicaid Committee that House Bill 410 would align Ohio law with a recent federal measure and "prevent state Medicaid spending on organizations which perform abortion." The sponsor said the change is intended to ensure state dollars pair with matching federal funds.
The sponsor framed the move as a fiscal protection for Ohio’s Medicaid program, which the testimony described as absorbing roughly half of the state’s budget. The sponsor provided current budget figures, saying the program is allocated $45,360,000,000 and $47,690,000,000 in all-source funding in the current budget cycles and warned of a potential additional…
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