As costs continue to rapidly increase, health care has become one of the most important issues Ohioans must confront in the coming years.

Overall, Ohio does a good job of providing health care to its residents. Ohio’s number of uninsured is below the national average, and many of those uninsured could afford healthcare if they so chose. Moreover, lack of insurance does not necessarily mean lack of health care.

However, to address the issue of those who truly cannot afford insurance, market reforms are necessary. These include: expanding health savings accounts (HSAs), deregulating the insurance market, and introducing market reforms in Medicaid.

These reforms will increase competition and make people into cost-conscious health care shoppers, thus holding down costs.

Market-based reform may be difficult in Ohio, but it is the only way to make health care more affordable without crushing the state’s taxpayers and business climate.

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