Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The Columbus Dispatch’s promotion of Medicaid expansion over the past four months has extended into the paper’s news coverage, as Media Trackers showed yesterday with 5 examples. Here are 5 more news stories where Dispatch reporting was tilted heavily in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid… Continue reading 5 More Columbus Dispatch Stories Promoting Medicaid Expansion
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5 Columbus Dispatch News Stories Promoting Medicaid Expansion
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Advocacy of Medicaid expansion from The Columbus Dispatch hasn’t been limited to the paper’s opinion pages. The Dispatch has aided Governor John Kasich’s push for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion with months of slanted news coverage. Here are 5 of the worst examples. “In an 8,900-word State… Continue reading 5 Columbus Dispatch News Stories Promoting Medicaid Expansion
John Kasich: God Wants Ohio to Expand Medicaid
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Governor John Kasich, a Republican, repeated his insistence that God wants Ohio to expand Medicaid when reporters brought up the topic on June 18. Kasich suggested anyone who opposes Medicaid expansion will have to answer for their opposition when they die. Gov. Kasich said he recently told… Continue reading John Kasich: God Wants Ohio to Expand Medicaid
New Report Details Arguments Against Medicaid Expansion
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. A Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) white paper published jointly with Opportunity Ohio on June 12 detailed eight reasons Ohio should not expand Medicaid, as well as eight Medicaid reforms legislators should pursue instead. The paper was written by Jonathan Ingram, the research director for Florida-based FGA. “The wisest… Continue reading New Report Details Arguments Against Medicaid Expansion
8 Awful Medicaid Expansion Arguments From Gov. Kasich
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. President Obama’s foundering 2010 health law has found an unlikely champion in Governor John Kasich, a Republican who has abandoned all pretense of fiscal conservatism in pursuit of billions in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion funding. Here are eight of the most illogical –… Continue reading 8 Awful Medicaid Expansion Arguments From Gov. Kasich
AFSCME Boss: Freedom is Slavery, Forced Unionism is Like Universal Suffrage
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) Executive Director Joe Rugola, who compared workplace freedom to Nazism during a May 1 press conference, also likened workplace freedom to slavery and suggested forced unionism is like universal suffrage, Ohio Capital Blog video shared by Marc Kovac reveals. While watching the following clip, keep… Continue reading AFSCME Boss: Freedom is Slavery, Forced Unionism is Like Universal Suffrage
Watch Union Bosses Go Berserk Over Right to Work
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Union bosses launched a volley of propaganda against workplace freedom and its backers as legislation to secure Ohioans’ right to opt out of paying union dues was being introduced in the Ohio House. Video from the May 1 meltdown is available online courtesy of Marc Kovac at Ohio… Continue reading Watch Union Bosses Go Berserk Over Right to Work
Oregon Study: Another Medicaid Expansion Red Flag
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site on 1/26/2020. Results from the second year of an Oregon Medicaid study, released May 1 by The New England Journal of Medicine, represent perhaps the clearest evidence to date that Medicaid coverage does not improve patient health. The report comes as Ohio and other states continue debating whether to… Continue reading Oregon Study: Another Medicaid Expansion Red Flag
Millionaire Union Boss Compares Ohioans to Nazis
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) Executive Director Joe Rugola, who last week compared supporters of workplace freedom to Nazis, was paid $253,351 in member dues during the union’s most recent fiscal year. At a May 1 press conference, Rugola decried workplace freedom as “extreme.” Asked by reporters… Continue reading Millionaire Union Boss Compares Ohioans to Nazis
Ohio Senate GOP leaders rake in union cash
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Republican leadership in the Ohio Senate has received nearly $200,000 in labor union donations since 2011, secretary of state records reveal. Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) announced on May 1 that he does not expect the Senate to pursue workplace freedom, signaling majority support for forced unionism.… Continue reading Ohio Senate GOP leaders rake in union cash