Ohio doesn’t need to scrap managed care. It needs to sharpen it.

By: Marisa Weisel

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: July 21, 2026

Words: 1,020

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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In committee rooms at the Statehouse, Ohio lawmakers have been debating a measure that would upend the state’s Medicaid managed care system altogether.

Ohio Senate Bill 386 and its House companion, the bipartisan Medicaid Savings Act, would move Ohio away from the managed care system that currently serves roughly three million Medicaid enrollees and toward an administrative services model, similar to one Connecticut adopted years ago.

The sponsors argue it could save …

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