COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has spent fewer dollars on Medicaid than expected under its current two-year budget.

State officials have been working to rein in the cost of the $19.8 billion health program for low-income people. The slowdown in spending comes as Gov. John Kasich prepares to unveil his next two-year spending blueprint in February.

In the budget year that ended in June, state figures show that Ohio spent $590 million less in state and federal dollars than it had anticipated.

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