* This just in.....
DaytonDailyNews:
Ohio will receive about $12.3 million in bonus Medicaid funding to boost the number of children who receive public health insurance, the Obama administration said Monday.
The administration announced Ohio is one of 15 states selected to receive part of $206 million in bonus payments to offset costs incurred by states that make it easier for children to be enrolled in public health insurance.....
.....Bonus payments were established when The Children’s Health Insurance Program was reauthorized in 2009. The program targets uninsured children and pregnant women in families with incomes too high to qualify for most state Medicaid programs, but too low to afford private coverage, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....
This will certainly help provide the needed health care for those most vulnerable. However, I'm wondering if Governor-elect John Kasich will try to divert this funding just as he tried to get the rail money for some of his upcoming pet projects. Obviously, federal money cannot be used for anything but the designated purpose, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't try.