[RC one]

I don't like it either but I recognize that Kasich is trying to prevent hospitals from going out of business thanks to Obamacare's federal spending cuts directed at hospitals that serve poorer populations, like Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. I have no problem with Kasich's move, it keeps our hospitals solvent. Taking care of business doesn't make Kasich a RINO, it makes him pragmatic which is a trait that most Ohioans appreciate in my experience.

[grania]

I have no problem with Kasich's move; it keeps our hospitals solvent

I disagree. OH needs a balanced budget and a good environment for businesses and their employees to live here, not more freebies. These people don't need Medicaid, they need jobs.

What's going to happen when OH becomes a magnet for even more of the poor because of Medicaid expansion, and then the feds stop sending the money? And what about all of those folks who establish an OH address with relatives in order to get all of the freebies? It happens.

[relictele]

Sorry but asking for a federal handout that the fed must borrow to provide is light years away from ‘solvency.’