He will lose Rob Portman, Ohio, if they curtail Medicaid expansion, because John Kasich, Ohio governor, went all in on Medicaid Expansion and made Ohio very vulnerable.
I think he’ll lose Kirk from Illinois for the same reason.
IOW, that’s 2 senators gone. He’ll lose Murkowski over cut off of funds to Planned Parenthood.
That’s 3 senators down.
My guess, they’ll have to keep some level of medicaid expansion for a few years.
Kirk was defeated
I think the reason Rand Paul is opposed also is how much damage would be done to Kentucky’s welfare state under Ryancare. Keep the government checks coming says Paul.
Kirks already gone. I helped make it happen.
[I think he’ll lose Kirk from Illinois for the same reason.]
KIRK was defeated by TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D) I say good riddance to him, but ILLINOIS got someone just as bad.
Have the bill phase it out for the transition to a program where those who had it and still want it can keep what they had under Medicaid. If the other reforms that bring back a free market are put in place, no one will want it.
Senator Kirk was defeated for re-election in November 2016.
Negotiate directly with the governors for Medicaid block grants instead of expansion. Incentivize the states to get able bodied people off Medicaid and into private insurance. Medicaid is supposed to be for rare cases and people in extreme poverty — it’s turned into a national medical insurance plan for people in their prime working years.