MEDICAID HEARINGS--Director Kenneth Ritchey of the Ohio Dept. of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities gestures as he testifies before the House Select Committee on Medicaid Reform, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

MEDICAID HEARINGS--Director Joan Lawrence of the Ohio Dept. of Aging testifies before the House Select Committee on Medicaid Reform, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

MEDICAID HEARINGS--Greg Moody, Executive Assistant for Health and Human Services for the Taft adminstration, gestures as he testifies before the House Select Committee on Medicaid Reform, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

MEDICAID HEARINGS--Rep. James Hoops, R-Napoleon, gestures, as he presides over a meeting of the House Select Comittee on Medicaid Reform, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002.(Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)