Ohio legislative panel clears $902M in Medicaid spending
COLUMBUS, OHIO A state funding allotment crucial to doctors, hospitals and other Ohio Medicaid providers cleared a powerful legislative panel Monday given extraordinary authority over the government health program. Medicaid Director Barbara Sears told the state Controlling Board ahead of its unanimous vote that failing to authorize Ohio's $264 million share of program spending risked "devastating" consequences for program providers and the 3 million Ohioans that Medicaid serv
Pro-Issue 2 group demands identity of drug companies funding opposition
A drug industry-backed group opposing a fall ballot issue to cap the price of prescription drugs was accused Wednesday of illegally failing to disclose its “dark-money” donors. Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices, which led the campaign to place the measure on the ballot, filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission asking that the Ohioans Against the Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue be forced to disclose the identity of its donors. The opponents of the ballot issue formed