Ohio
HOW OHIO IS SHIFTING THE COST OF SPECIAL NEEDS CARE UNTO OVERBURDENED PUBLIC SCHOOLS
5-29-2026 THE SILENT PURGE COLUMBUS, OH — A quiet crisis is unfolding across Ohio, hidden behind spreadsheets of state budget cuts and "program integrity" initiatives. Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans are being systematically pushed off the Medicaid rolls—but the most devastating, unexamined casualties of this purge are children