John Kasich Accepts Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion

TPM ^ | 02/04/2013 | Sahil Kapur

[freekitty]

They hate us.

[X-spurt]

Agree! But from just his mannerisms you could tell he had a “wishy-washy” side.

[CatherineofAragon]

It’s funny how these Repub governors made a big noise about not going along with Obamacare, and then once things quieted down and attention went elsewhere, they started changing their tunes.

[nascarnation]

It’s “free” money.

Only the most principled (rarely re-elected) can resist the lure of “free” money.

[RedMDer]

Freepers, your Contributions make every difference!
Please keep ‘em coming! Thank you all very much!

[Venturer]

Don’t even tell me to stick with the Republican party, I don’t want to hear it.

Lets get that Tea Party started.

[luv2ndamend]

Isn”t funny how all the dirt on this pos law and still we hear cricket noise from the chambers. It is going to bankrupt the people and not a sound from anyone. Like any other bill. They wait to the smoke clears and forget about the law ever taking place.
Why has not on R been talking about this daily? Why are they not keeping it in the light? Not one R has even mentioned it! Every day their is more bad news about Obummer care and still can hear crickets in the halls. Their is enough ammo to get rid of this now and we are to interested in bringing in 20 million illegals into our country to find jobs in the worst economy since the depression. Does any of this make sense?
To think that all these people are that dumb is hard to swallow. Sorry.
We have soldiers practicing arm conflicts in our cities and we find this exceptable. Maybe its me but, I wish it would start because we as a country are slowly boiling in that pot with the frog!
Regards, J

[PeevedPatriot]

I think there's an important aspect that the article omitted. As I understand it, Kasich can back out if the feds renege on funding. What this does is allow some who make too little income to qualify for a private insurance subsidy enroll in some form of coverage that is largely funded by the feds not the state.

While I don't like this, I do see a couple of advantages. First, it will keep the Dems from holding up the working poor as remaining uninsured due to Kasich. Second, it will help those who are trying to earn a living but can't afford insurance to get some coverage. Some of these are the very people Obamacare was supposed to help in the first place. Unfortunately what they get is a program we already know is a failure and not private insurance.

I don't think it's a done deal yet. I believe it requires approval from Ohio lawmakers.

[sickoflibs]

Don’t count on Ohio changing their method of deciding presidential election winners, Kasich looks to be scared of his own voters.

He follows VA and FL.

[Intolerant in NJ]

The federal government would cover the full cost of the new beneficiaries in the early years and 90 percent after 2020...yeah, and wait until that seed money gradually dries up in the next few years - like it did back in the seventies when it was promised to fund outpatient mental health clinics all over the country - see all those mental patients sleeping under bridges?......

[LifeComesFirst]

Apparently “federal money” just comes from no where, and spending ever-greater amounts of it has no effect on state economies.

You guys and gals realized what massive liars nearly all Republicans are, right? Kasich only cares about reelection, and he saw his state swing dramatically for Obama. Tell me again why you’d ever vote Republican again? Tell me again how I’m “defeatist” for refusing to patronize a big-government party like the GOP?

[Impy]

He wussed out on labor reform too didn’t he?

He’s a mangina.