Rep. Blackshear Urges Gov. DeWine to Take Action to Counteract Medicaid Disenrollment for Children

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Willis E. Blackshear Jr. (D-Dayton) today sent a letter to Gov. DeWine which detailed the need to account for the high number of people that have been disenrolled by the Dept. of Medicaid following the end of continuous enrollment procedures which took place during the pandemic.

“If we are serious about supporting families and children in this state, then we must do everything we can to ensure that they have adequate access to healthcare. The recent reports about the number of Ohio children who have had their health coverage taken away is startling and we owe it to them to quickly address this issue,” said Rep. Blackshear.

According to a recent report, more than 395,000 people in Ohio have lost their Medicaid coverage with 114,000 of those people being children.

EDITOR'S NOTE: A copy of Rep. Blackshear’s letter to Gov. DeWine is attached to this release.