The Healthier Ohio Working Group is comprised of members of the Finance Committee principally from two subcommittees - Health and Human Services and Agriculture and Development, along with bipartisan committee leaders. This meeting continued the conversation on healthcare reform with a policy focus on further transforming Medicaid and employing a range of other programs aimed at successfully promoting more Ohioans from needing public assistance.

This hearing focuses on relevant highlights from Ohio's 1995 bipartisan welfare reform enactment, as well as advancements in telemedicine services and its potential to save costs, such as avoiding overuse of emergency room services.