The ten highest-paid union bosses at United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland received a sum of roughly $3.5 million taken from workers’ paychecks in the union’s latest fiscal year. From July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, United Association General President Bill Hite was paid $468,011 in salary plus reimbursements. Hite… Continue reading Union Bosses Drain Millions from Plumbers’ Paychecks
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More Obamacare Critics Fall Out of Favor With Ohio GOP
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Three of the six Ohio House members who challenged Republican Governor John Kasich’s enactment of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in court have been denied the endorsement of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP). Questioned after a February 28 ORP Central Committee meeting where the committee voted on its 2014 slate, Party… Continue reading More Obamacare Critics Fall Out of Favor With Ohio GOP
CBO Report Confirms Kasich is Wrong About Medicaid Expansion
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site on 1/25/2020 Conservatives were right to warn that Governor John Kasich’s embrace of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion would increase government spending and hurt Ohio’s labor force, a February 4 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report affirms. Of exploding federal spending, CBO wrote, “The increase in outlays reflects substantial growth in… Continue reading CBO Report Confirms Kasich is Wrong About Medicaid Expansion
Why Does John Kasich Keep Lying About Obamacare?
Governor John Kasich keeps misrepresenting what the Obamacare Medicaid expansion is and how it works, because Ohio’s press doesn’t know — or care — to report that Kasich is not telling the truth. In a January 23 interview with Bill Cunningham on Cincinnati’s 700 WLW, Gov. Kasich stuck to his insistence that the Obamacare Medicaid expansion “has nothing to do… Continue reading Why Does John Kasich Keep Lying About Obamacare?
Timeline: Ohio’s Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion was the biggest political issue in Ohio during 2013, as evidenced by the energy Governor John Kasich, the entitlement lobby, and the legacy press sank into securing billions in Obamacare funding. For an overview of how the policy fight played out, refer to Media Trackers interviews with Brian Thomas on Cincinnati’s 55KRC from June… Continue reading Timeline: Ohio’s Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Ohio Supreme Court Leaves Kasich’s Obamacare Power Grab Unchecked
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The Ohio Supreme Court issued a decision on December 20 denying a request from 6 Ohio House members and 2 Right to Life groups to block Governor John Kasich’s Obamacare Medicaid expansion end-run around the state legislature. “The relators fail in their quest because they have not adequately shown that the Controlling… Continue reading Ohio Supreme Court Leaves Kasich’s Obamacare Power Grab Unchecked
Day 1 of Ohio Medicaid Sign-Ups Tops Month 1 on Obamacare Exchange
More Ohioans applied for Medicaid on December 9 than selected Obamacare “Health Insurance Marketplace” plans through the entire month of October, based on figures released yesterday by the Ohio Department of Medicaid. “A total of 1,165 needy Ohioans had submitted applications for health benefits through the state’s new online Medicaid system as of midafternoon Monday, the… Continue reading Day 1 of Ohio Medicaid Sign-Ups Tops Month 1 on Obamacare Exchange
Gov. Kasich Serves as Lifeline for Obamacare
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. President Obama cited Governor John Kasich’s embrace of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion as proof the law works during two separate November 14 speeches, flailing to defend his signature legislative achievement while it hikes insurance costs nationwide and causes millions to lose their policies. “Another 396,000 have the… Continue reading Gov. Kasich Serves as Lifeline for Obamacare
Gov. Kasich Spins, Stumbles Through Fox News Obamacare Segment
Governor John Kasich fumbled through a November 15 The O’Reilly Factor interview with guest host Laura Ingraham, frustrated by more thorough questioning about the Obamacare Medicaid expansion than any Ohio reporter has subjected him to. Introducing the segment with a clip of the president’s November 14 speech in Cleveland, Ingraham explained that President Obama “heaped praise… Continue reading Gov. Kasich Spins, Stumbles Through Fox News Obamacare Segment
Only 1,150 Ohioans Have Chosen Obamacare Plans
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Only 1,150 Ohioans selected plans through the Obamacare “Health Insurance Marketplace” in the first month following its launch, according to a November 13 release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For context, Ohio Stadium in Columbus seats 102,329. There are more than 1,400 beds on the… Continue reading Only 1,150 Ohioans Have Chosen Obamacare Plans