Insurance agent asks commissioners for JFS contact to help residents affected by Medicaid plan changes

Jul 30, 2026

An insurance agent asked the commissioners for a point of contact at Job and Family Services to help local residents whose Medicaid plans changed and who may have lost access to a local hospital; Commissioner Bennett gave the JFS director's name and offered to follow up.

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Debbie Boot, an insurance agent from Ravenna, told commissioners she and clients are seeing changes in Medicaid plan networks that have left some residents without access to their local hospital. "We need resources in the Medicaid market," Boot said, asking for a county point of contact to coordinate assistance.

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