OHIO MEDICAID BUDGET-- Ohio Dept. of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Tom Hayes gestures while Gov. Bob Taft confers with ODJFS medicaid specialist Barb Edwards, during a news conference concerning proposed cuts to the state's medicaid program, in order to balance the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003. Nearly one million Ohioans could lose some coverage under the proposal. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)