More than 700,000 Ohioans get their health care through Medicaid expansion. That coverage is at risk because of actions taken earlier by the Ohio General Assembly.
Advocates from around Ohio, including representatives from the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians, rallied on July 5 on the Statehouse grounds expressing their concern about the Ohio General Assembly’s decision to freeze Medicaid expansion.
Under legislation passed on June 28, no new Medicaid expansion enrollees can be added after Sunday, July 1, 2018. If for some reason those covered by Medicaid expansion prior to Sunday, July 1, 2018, are dropped off Medicaid rolls (even as a result of losing a job), they could not be re-enrolled in Medicaid.
View more pictures from the rally on the OAFP Facebook page!
A vote to override the governor’s veto of the Medicaid freeze is likely to occur on Thursday, July 6. Please contact your state legislators today to urge a NO vote on a veto override by utilizing the Speak Out system.