Ohio Medicaid Under Threat, Advocates Raise Awareness

Ohio Medicaid under threat, advocates raise awareness

Ohio budget would ban Medicaid from covering gender affirming mental health care

By Jake Zuckerman Ohio’s Medicaid program could not by law cover the costs of gender affirming mental health care for transgender adults under the currently proposed version of the state budget.  Medicaid, the state and federally funded health insurer for 3 million low-income Ohioans, would be unable to pay for any mental health services that “promote or affirm social gender transition” if the budget becomes law as written.  The Senate still nee…