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On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and GOP legislative leaders have questioned Gov. Mike DeWine's judgment when it comes to Medicaid fraud prevention.

The Republican candidate for governor has unveiled a plan he said will fight back against billions of dollars in Medicaid fraud that was first reported by a national conservative outlet.

The report also shows recent cuts in Ohio's Medicaid budget will threaten the closure of 31 hospitals and clinics in Ohio.

The Medicaid provider says it will recoup "overpayments" retroactively.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to change the way the Medicaid program is managed in Ohio.

Kentucky-based Addiction Recovery Care is under fire in a civil lawsuit for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicaid for a service. A federal database shows ARC made up 20% of all payments for that service in the country in a two-year period.

The Rural Health Transformation Program was formed in last summer's budget reconciliation law, often called the One Big Beautiful Bill. That bill also contained hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to federal Medicaid spending.

Changes to both the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid passed in July 2025 as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill.

How the new tax law could affect patients locally.