I can not fault Kasich for doing the Medicaid expansion: we Ohio residents send a lot of tax dollars to Washington, and without Ohio expanding Medicaid, we would not get THOSE dollars back, they would be given instead to other states who DID follow the Federal mandate to expand. You can thank the formerly Dim - controlled Congress for THAT!
I also think there is a proviso in the current Ohio Medicaid expansion that ends it if the Feds fail to pony up the lion's share as promised...
That seems like a prudent, responsible decision to ME?
Also can't fault Kasich for agreeing with Reagan's comment about the truly needy...there are such people, and I'd rather let Kasich and our state agencies decide who they are here in Ohio than let the federal HHS do it, or send our money to California or someplace...
The process is important.
Your points are valid. Why couldn’t Kasich have made his points to the legislature?? And in the process win them over to his point of view?
What he did was not right - he skipped legislative process and went to a council (executive fiat) to get Medicaid in Ohio. We do NOT need someone in the oval office that erodes legislative process and rules by executive fiat.