Samantha Hendrickson
Medical Business and Healthcare Reporter at The Columbus Dispatch
professional meddling kid. crafting gryffindor. medical business and health care reporter @DispatchAlerts. bylines: @AP via @Report4America @journalsentinel
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1 day ago |
dispatch.com | Samantha Hendrickson
As Columbus has grown, so has the diversity of languages and those speaking them in Ohio's capital city. While Spanish is still the most spoken language besides English, Columbus has seen an uptick in Nepali, Arabic, French and West African language speakers, among others, according to Franklin County's 2025 Healthmap.
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4 days ago |
dispatch.com | Samantha Hendrickson
Ohio Republicans are pleading with the U.S. Senate to change budget language that would decimate plans for a state tax program aimed at keeping rural hospitals running. The Rural Ohio Hospital Tax Pilot Program, a state budget measure, would tax rural hospitals but send those tax dollars to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The taxes would then be reimbursed three to one, sending critical funding to rural hospitals who often serve as well as higher numbers of Medicaid patients.
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4 days ago |
dispatch.com | Samantha Hendrickson
Ohio hospitals stand to lose billions under the proposed federal budget, risking closures and as well as spiking health care prices. Ohio hospitals could see more than $9 billion in decreased health care spending over the next decade if an estimated 10 million Americans lose insurance coverage under the reconciliation bill, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health research nonprofit, detailed in a new state-by-state analysis.
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4 days ago |
beaconjournal.com | Samantha Hendrickson
Ohio hospitals stand to lose billions under the proposed federal budget, risking closures and as well as spiking health care prices. Ohio hospitals could see more than $9 billion in decreased health care spending over the next decade if an estimated 10 million Americans lose insurance coverage under the reconciliation bill, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health research nonprofit, detailed in a new state-by-state analysis.
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1 week ago |
dispatch.com | Samantha Hendrickson
Medicaid and research funding cuts being mulled at the state and federal level would exacerbate health needs in central Ohio, local health officials warn. Franklin County Public Health, Columbus Public Health and the Central Ohio Hospital Council in partnership with dozens of community organizations unveiled the 2025 Franklin County Health Map June 18 at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum.
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