coronavirus - medicaid $2.4 Billion In Federal Medicaid Funds Helps Ohio Avoid Big Budget Hole By Karen Kasler • Feb 2, 2021 Dan Konik The increase in Ohio Medicaid caseloads could have blown a hole in the new two-year state budget. But the spending plan includes a huge infusion of federal cash for the state’s largest part of the budget, the health insurance program for the poor.