Posted on 10/23/2013 10:03:31 AM PDT by LonelyCon
Ohio just pushed the country past a symbolic threshold: it’s become the 25th state to pursue expanding Medicaid under the president’s health-care law, making the nation’s states evenly split on the issue for the first time. As of the start of the month, 24 states had opted to forge ahead with the expansion and 26 had not, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health policy news and analysis nonprofit. Ohio was among those that were not expanding health care to more low-income adults, though Republican Gov. John Kasich wanted it. But a seven-member board that considered his request got its fourth pro-expansion member, Rep. Ross McGregor (R), on Monday morning and had voted 5 to 2 to forge ahead by the afternoon, according to local reports. Some are considering suing the state, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Many oppose the expansion on principle, as it also represents an expansion of the size of government.
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Yep. And it is why he's getting sued by Ohio opponents of Medicaid expansion.
Hospital lobbyists. They want to be able to bill their charity cases to SOMEBODY.
Ohio Ping
See many posts on the thread.
The decision to go to the controlling board undermines the integrity of elections as well as undermining the legislature’s decision to reject federal dollars which always have strings attached.
Press release
http://www.ohiolibertycoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/1851-Center-Press-Release.pdf
Lawsuit filed
http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/pdf_viewer/pdf_viewer.aspx?pdf=735427.pdf
C’mon down to Texas!
I left Ohio for low tax Texas and love it.
No income tax, water and electricity are half the price of Ashtabula.
(Still root for the Brownies though)
Let’s hope it gets traction!! Cannot believe Kasich went through the Controlling Board to do this.
Its the 100% Federal funding they are being told to turn down.
As if the people of Ohio don’t help fund the federal government. They are paying for it whether its paid by federal or state dollars.
You are correct....WOW!!! As stated in Post #20, those states that expanded Medicaid will receive 100% reimbursement for people earning between 100 and 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
As if we weren’t saying this all throughout the ACA debate, what a horrible mess!
Wow, what a sick scumbag Kasich turned out to be. I remember when he was a “rising star” in the GOP House, but then he suddenly up and quit. I always figured somebody has some pretty filthy dirt on him. Now I’m sure of it.
Well they in Ohio can pay the Obamacare taxes for it, turn down the funding then pay EVEN more state taxes to take care of those people's emergency room hospital visits,
or they can pay the same Obamacare taxes regardless but let the federal government pay for their voters health care in Medicaid .
Ohio isnt Texas. They want the better deal for themselves.
How many seniors (loyal GOP voters) turn down medicare after paying all those taxes?
I would say nationally this is a pretty popular thing by itself.
Free stuff, compassion, heal the sick, Santa Claus, compassion, everyone happy, cute puppy .....
GOP will never repeal this one for real, never, I would love to bet.
I think Kasich is filthy dirty. **Somebody** has something on him.
I’ve been trying to tell people here how much of an asshole kasich is for some time. He was the deciding vote in clinton’s gun ban after lying about being pro gun owner rights to get elected. And ask anyone clerk, server or flight attendant how he treats his lessors. To top that off, he championed a new law in ohio that subjects you to felony charges if the used car you bought has some manner of “hidden compartment” in it. I’ll be voting for whatever 3rd party is on the ballot against him.
Indeed she’s like a cockroach she’s every where.
Sounds true.
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