{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Unraveling Recovery: How Cutting Medicaid Threatens Ohioans in Crisis","description":"Optimal Health Series Is Ohio headed for a crisis in health coverage, especially for mental health and addiction services? More than a decade ago, Ohio\u2019s Medicaid expansion was a game changer, extending coverage to over 700,000 Ohioans and providing a lifeline to thousands of Ohioans in need of mental health and addiction treatment services. Expansion worked: uninsured rates dropped, medical debt decreased, health improved, and emergency room visits went down. In just four years, 630,000 Ohioans received treatment for mental illness or substance use disorder, a victory in the fight against opioid addiction. In 2024, forty percent of adults covered by expansion had a primary mental health and\/or substance use disorder diagnosis. These gains may now be in jeopardy: Governor DeWine\u2019s new proposed biennial budget includes a so-called \u201ckill-switch\u201d provision that would automatically end mental health and addiction services provided through the expansion if federal Medicaid funding is reduced. With key leaders and policy experts, we\u2019ll unpack the impact Medicaid has had on health outcomes in Ohio and the consequences facing patients in recovery if the state\u2019s landmark care expansion is abandoned. Featuring: Oyauma Garrison, President & CEO, Maryhaven, Inc. Rachelle Martin; Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Franklin County Amy Bush Stevens, Amy Bush Stevens Consulting, LLC, Consultant to the Health Policy Institute of Ohio The host is Greg Moody, Director of Professional Development, The John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University The presenting sponsors of the CMC Optimal Health Series are Nationwide Children\u2019s Hospital, OhioHealth, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. This forum was sponsored by Maryhaven. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC\u2019s livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by The Ellis. This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus\u2019 historic Italian Village on June 4, 2025.   ","author_name":"The Columbus Metropolitan Club","author_url":"http:\/\/columbusmetroclub.org","html":"