State Budget
The 2010-2011 state budget included a franchise fee on Ohio’s hospitals that allowed the state to attract $1.7 billion in federal funds for the Medicaid program.
On Sept. 2, Gov. Ted Strickland took administrative action to utilize funding from the enhanced federal matching rate for Medicaid (eFMAP) to return the fee to the hospital community. The governor’s action will save health care jobs in Ohio and vital health care services. It benefits every hospital in the state. Without the governor’s action, Ohio hospitals would have lost $150 million.
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State operating budget for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.
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Strickland Supports Hospital Jobs, Services
September 2, 2010:
Gov. Strickland is preserving hospital jobs and services by returning the franchise fee to the hospital community.
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