Ohio Family Health Survey

1.5 million Ohioans among the uninsured, By Suzanne Hoholik, March 8, 2011, Columbus Dispatch: “More Ohioans are uninsured, fewer businesses offer health benefits to workers and almost 250,000 people joined the state Medicaid rolls from 2008 to 2010, according to a survey released yesterday. The 2010 Ohio Family Health Survey found that the number of uninsured grew by almost 160,000 – including 15,283 children – during the two-year period. In all, there are about 1.5 million uninsured Ohioans. ‘These are preliminary numbers. They raise more questions than they answer at this point,’ said William Hayes, an adjunct assistant professor at Ohio State University’s College of Public Health. The survey also found that being uninsured is the second-largest category of health-coverage status, behind employer-sponsored health plans, for working adults 18 to 64 years old…”