Ohio- Taking a Two-Track Approach to Health Reform

When it comes to federal health reform, the Kasich administration seems to be of two minds.

One of Gov. John Kasich's top appointees, Greg Moody, has enthusiastically embraced a key goal of health reform: boosting quality and moving toward preventive, coordinated care.

But a second official, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, who heads Ohio's insurance department, has impeded implementation of the Affordable Care Act, calling it a "catastrophic law."

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Moody and others in the Office of Health Transformation are using tools in the Affordable Care Act to achieve the triple aims of better care, better health and lower costs, Levine said. But Taylor and the Ohio Department of Insurance are boycotting the Affordable Care Act.

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