Posted on 02/04/2013 5:26:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced Monday that he will accept the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, becoming the fifth Republican governor to embrace the provision of the health care reform law that the Supreme Court made optional.
The governor unveiled the decision as part of his budget proposal.
“We are going to extend Medicaid for the working poor and for those who are jobless trying to find work,” Kasich said at a press conference in Columbus. “It makes great sense for the state of Ohio because it will allow us to provide greater care with our own dollars.”
The four other Republican governors to back the Medicaid expansion are Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota and Jan Brewer of Arizona. About a dozen GOP governors from red states have rejected the expansion; others from mostly blue and purple states have yet to decide. Democratic governors have broadly embraced it.
It’s an enticing deal: the expansion would extend Medicaid eligibility to their residents up to roughly 133 percent of the poverty line. The federal government would cover the full cost of the new beneficiaries in the early years and 90 percent after 2020.
“The net effect is 270,000 Ohioans coming into the [Medicaid] program,” said Greg Moody, the director of Ohio’s Office of Health Transformation. “Over two years the state of Ohio will have saved $235 million as a result of the decision to extend coverage.”
Kasich’s decision could influence other undecided Republican governors — such as Chris Christie of New Jersey, Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania and Scott Walker of Wisconsin — who are caught between wanting to improve the lives of their constituents and to remain in good standing with the conservative movement,
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I am clo to finding no reason to even support these guys. Even whe we win, we lose ground.
He's one of them, now.
I like Kasich. This is disappointing.
When does the Repub party officially change their mascot from an elephant to a folding lawn chair? Has that date been announced or are they waiting to “surprise” us?
The political class sell out to Obama Utopian fascism.We will return to being a nation of gardeners. Swift will come the division between the quick who will survive, and the dead, who now follow this insane Obama political pustule.
Depressing. He’s one of the last govs I would’ve expected this from.
Other “conservative” governors who have caved to the siren call of Obamacare:
JAN BREWER OF ARIZONA ( Sigh, is she going to cave on illegal immigration too?).
Why is Jan Brewer Giving in to President Obama on ObamaCare?
Another one who has caved — SUSANNA MARTINEZ of New Mexico
see here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-young/new-mexico-medicaid-to-ex_b_2442421.html
Other heads of U.S. states otherwise hostile to the Affordable Care Act who’re going along or contemplating going along with Medicaid expansion are Nevada’s Brian Sandoval, Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota.
See here:
Other “conservative” governors who have caved to the siren call of Obamacare:
JAN BREWER OF ARIZONA ( Sigh, is she going to cave on illegal immigration too?).
Why is Jan Brewer Giving in to President Obama on ObamaCare?
Another one who has caved — SUSANNA MARTINEZ of New Mexico
see here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-young/new-mexico-medicaid-to-ex_b_2442421.html
Other heads of U.S. states otherwise hostile to the Affordable Care Act who’re going along or contemplating going along with Medicaid expansion are Nevada’s Brian Sandoval, Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota.
See here:
RE: Kasich changed about the time he dumped his first wife.
Don’t know what you mean by dump. I believe it was an amicable divorce.
Kasich was married to Mary Lee Griffith from 1975 to 1980, had no children with her, and Mary has campaigned for him post-divorce.
He is currently married to his second wife, Karen, and they have twin daughters, Emma and Reese.
I don’t think his divorce over 30 years ago has anything to do with this.
Gov. Haslam of TN is a RINO pussy. Just like our two Senators Lamar! and P(C)orker.
I don’t know why my fellow Tennesseans vote this way.
Judging by their last Presidential nominee, about last August.
I hadn’t heard about Brewer. Disappointing in every instance.
Ugh. That’s enough. I need to go hit the treadmill & listen to some music or something. I’ve had it for the day.
I’m losing hope.....fast
In the end, these states will be left holding the bag.
Country’s gone.
Now go pay your taxes - your government is broke. :)
Like all politicians, Kasich despises his children and grandchildren. He may not say that but his actions prove it. There is no way the Feds can pay for this and he knows it.
I live in Arizona and haven’t heard the official word; however, Mark Levin announced it on his show about half-hour ago.
I live in Arizona and haven’t heard the official word; however, Mark Levin announced it on his show about half-hour ago.
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