Plain Dealer Series on Medicaid Continues

If you click on the link in this entry's title, you can read the second of three articles on Ohio's Medicaid programs. This one points out that 40 years ago Medicaid accounted for 3% of Ohio's state budget, now it accounts for over 40% of Ohio's budget. This article details the influence that nursing homes have over Ohio's state government. According to the PD this influence is very bi-partisan in that whoever controls the General Assembly gets money from the nursing home lobby, be they Democratic, as in former House Speaker Vern Riffe, or Republican, as in former House Speaker Larry Householder. Check it out, it is very interesting.