COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A quasi public-private group is finalizing plans to reform health care in Ohio, as the state wants to make health care more affordable and more accessible.
The bipartisan team was appointed by the governor and made recommendations in July 2008. Members want the health care system to run more efficiently.
More than two million Ohioans receive Medicaid, but 371,000 young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 are uninsured.
One proposal is to include them on their parents' insurance plans up until the age of 29. That would require group policies to extend coverage to that particular age group.
The executive budget begins to implement the recommendations with policy changes that will eventually enable about 110,000 additional Ohioans to receive health insurance and provides funding for further implementation.
There is $10 million budgeted for the fiscal year 2010 and $16 million for fiscal year 2011.
The Director of the Ohio Department of insurance says there are an increasing number of uninsured Ohioans and the system isn't really set up to deal with them adequately.
The plan has passed in the Ohio House and now awaits approval in the Ohio Senate.
For more information, visit http://www.healthcarereform.ohio.gov
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