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News: Ohio’s Doing Okay, but there is Room for Improvement, Columbus Dispatch
Notes: Advocates for income tax cuts continue to believe that these policies will grow jobs. Ohio’s economy paints a very different picture. After 8 years of tax cuts, Ohio sits as the 3rd worst nation for job creation. While month-to-month numbers are not a telling picture of the overall economy, Ohio had the most job losses compared to all other states last month. Over the past 12 months, Ohio is 44th for job growth with a rate of. 4% compared to a national average of 1.7%. It is time for Ohio to set economic policy based on facts and not philosophies that tax cuts grow jobs.
News: Supreme Court Expands Medicaid Expansion, Columbus Dispatch
Notes: If you have not heard, Medicaid Expansion comes to Ohio and will grant low-income individuals – up to 138% of the poverty level – with access to Medicaid. It is interesting to note that four justices believed the controlling board acted within its authority and 3 justices would have dismissed the challenge because it is a political question as to whether or not a legislative panel can exceed the scope of the legislature. In the end, this means that close to 300,000 additional Ohioans will have access to healthcare in 2014 than would have otherwise.
