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Medicaid expansion a boon to Ohio at first

Ohio stands to make $1.4 billion over the next decade by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, but the savings would eventually drop and just about break even as the state's costs increase, according to a study released Tuesday.

By John Seewer | Updated on January 15, 2013

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stands to make $1.4 billion over the next decade by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, but the savings would eventually drop and just about break even as the state’s costs increase, according to a study released Tuesday.

The findings released by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio, a nonpartisan policy organization, comes just weeks before Ohio Gov. John Kasich is to announce whether Ohio will expand Medicaid and its health care services for poor and disabled people.

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