Changes coming to Ohio Medicaid will require participants to actively pick a plan each year
If you are one of the roughly one in four Ohioans who get their health coverage through the state’s Medicaid program there are changes coming your way this year that will require you to play an active role in selecting your coverage each year from here on out. The “Next Generation” overhaul set to launch in July gets rid of the automatic re-enrollment and has been three years in the making. It is designed to improve efficiencies in the system and administrative cost savings while getting Ohio’s roughly 3 million Medicaid users more involved in their own healthcare choices which can lead to healthier outcomes. If you don’t select a plan, you’ll still have coverage — it’s just an algorithm will be used to do it for you. If you are one of the roughly 1 in 4 Ohioans who get their health coverage through the state’s Medicaid program, there are changes coming your way this year that will require you to play an active role in selecting your coverage each year from here on out. If you give a c