I talked about Governor John Kasich’s Medicaid expansion maneuvering and the fallout from his end-run around the Ohio General Assembly yesterday with Brian Thomas on Cincinnati’s 55KRC. Downloadable podcasts of the entire October 24 edition of The Brian Thomas Morning Show are available on 55KRC’s website, or you can listen to my segment here. Refer to the following… Continue reading Reviewing the Fallout of Kasich’s Obamacare End-Run on 55KRC
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Kasich’s Controlling Board President Celebrates Obamacare Win
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. “It was a good day at work today,” Ohio Controlling Board President Randy Cole wrote of the board’s October 21 decision to appropriate $2.5 billion in Obamacare Medicaid expansion funding. Cole reports directly to Republican Governor John Kasich, who has fought to implement the Obamacare expansion for over 8 months.… Continue reading Kasich’s Controlling Board President Celebrates Obamacare Win
1851 Center Sues Kasich Administration, Controlling Board
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Ohio’s Department of Medicaid and the state Controlling Board were named as respondents in an 1851 Center for Constitutional Law complaint submitted to the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of six state representatives and two Right to Life groups on October 22. Rep. Matt Lynch (R-Bainbridge Twp.), Rep. Andy… Continue reading 1851 Center Sues Kasich Administration, Controlling Board
Ohio Controlling Board Hands Kasich Obamacare Win
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Today the Ohio Controlling Board, a little-known panel of six legislators and one executive appointee, voted 5-2 to appropriate the Obamacare funds Ohio expects to receive through June 2015 as a result of expanding Medicaid pursuant to the federal health law’s guidelines. Randy Cole, appointed by Republican Governor… Continue reading Ohio Controlling Board Hands Kasich Obamacare Win
Talking Medicaid Expansion and Gov. Kasich’s Power Grab on 55KRC
Brian Thomas and I discussed Governor John Kasich’s attempt to ram the Obamacare Medicaid expansion through using executive action and the Ohio Controlling Board this morning on 55KRC in Cincinnati. A podcast of the interview is available below and on 55KRC’s website. For background information, refer to these four Media Trackers stories from the past week:… Continue reading Talking Medicaid Expansion and Gov. Kasich’s Power Grab on 55KRC
Ohio House Republicans Protest Kasich’s Medicaid Expansion Gambit
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Republican members of the Ohio House of Representatives have filed a protest letter against Republican Governor John Kasich’s attempt to unilaterally expand Ohio’s Medicaid program and pressure the Ohio Controlling Board to spend the resulting Obamacare funds. According to Assistant Majority Floor Leader John Adams (R-Sidney), the following 38 representatives… Continue reading Ohio House Republicans Protest Kasich’s Medicaid Expansion Gambit
Senate President Warns Kasich May Bankrupt Ohio’s Medicaid Program
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Ohio Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) yesterday reiterated his concern that Governor John Kasich may bankrupt the state’s Medicaid program if the Ohio Controlling Board rejects Kasich’s request to spend Obamacare funding. “If we don’t move the [Obamacare] money from the federal funds account and authorize it to… Continue reading Senate President Warns Kasich May Bankrupt Ohio’s Medicaid Program
Video: Obamacare Panel at We the People Convention
I discussed the Obamacare Medicaid expansion on a panel with Greg Lawson of The Buckeye Institute at the third annual We the People Convention in Columbus on September 28. In my presentation, I explained the many ways Governor John Kasich, the Ohio Republican Party, and Ohio’s Statehouse press corps have misrepresented facts to push the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, which will… Continue reading Video: Obamacare Panel at We the People Convention
Gov. Kasich Moves to Bypass Legislature for Obamacare Money
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Governor John Kasich’s administration today requested the Ohio Controlling Board appropriate Obamacare funds for Medicaid expansion, an attempt to circumvent the General Assembly for billions in new entitlement funding from DC. Despite the partial shutdown of the federal government, a plan amendment submitted to DC by Ohio Department of Medicaid… Continue reading Gov. Kasich Moves to Bypass Legislature for Obamacare Money
Ohio Obamacare Exchange Trainwreck Keeps Piling Up
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Ten days after the launch of Ohio’s Obamacare exchange at HealthCare.gov, the online “marketplace” run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is still a disaster. As Media Trackers reported last week, Ohio’s Obamacare registration process is plagued by the same issues reported by users… Continue reading Ohio Obamacare Exchange Trainwreck Keeps Piling Up