Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Governor John Kasich has insisted Ohio can adopt the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion temporarily and back out in the future by including a “circuit breaker” provision that would revoke new Medicaid eligibility if Washington changes the rules. Ohio’s newspapers, which enthusiastically support… Continue reading Can Ohio Expand Medicaid Temporarily?
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Kasich Medicaid Expansion Rally Gets a Boost from Columbus Dispatch
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The Columbus Dispatch continued its push for Medicaid expansion with a staggeringly incomplete March 15 story about an Ohio Coalition for Healthy Communities rally addressed by Governor John Kasich. Members of the Ohio Coalition for Healthy Communities include AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, and Pfizer, but Dispatch reporter Alan Johnson described the group as… Continue reading Kasich Medicaid Expansion Rally Gets a Boost from Columbus Dispatch
Newspapers Ignore Facts Central to Medicaid Expansion Fight
Ohio’s major newspapers have failed to recognize that Governor John Kasich’s case for Medicaid expansion rests on several misleading or outright false claims, reporting Kasich administration statements without asking simple followup questions. Meanwhile, opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion are marginalized when acknowledged at all. On March 13, the… Continue reading Newspapers Ignore Facts Central to Medicaid Expansion Fight
Ohio Hospitals Would Net Millions Without Charity Care Funding
Contrary to Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) claims that the Ohio General Assembly must expand Medicaid to fund care for the poor, most of the hospital lobby’s members would have recorded positive net income in 2011 even with no charity care offsets. President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a central component of which… Continue reading Ohio Hospitals Would Net Millions Without Charity Care Funding
Ohio Hospital Association Cannot Justify Medicaid Expansion
According to the Ohio Hospital Association, the state legislature’s refusal to expand Medicaid would mean “endangering access to vital health care for their constituents.” President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) phases out subsidies for charity care, but a review of IRS filings reveals that most of Ohio’s largest nonprofit hospitals would have netted millions in… Continue reading Ohio Hospital Association Cannot Justify Medicaid Expansion
Medicare Trustee Cautions States on Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Medicare Board of Trustees member Charles Blahous released a Mercatus Center report on March 5 recommending states take advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2012 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) ruling by mostly rejecting the law’s Medicaid expansion. Blahous concluded that states “all appear to face one common, powerful incentive arising from the court’s… Continue reading Medicare Trustee Cautions States on Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
We Are Ohio Can’t Name Any Rights “No Rights at Work” Would Revoke
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Union campaign committee We Are Ohio cannot name a single right that would be revoked by a “No Rights at Work” law, which would give workers the freedom to opt out of paying union dues. Questioned about workplace freedom after the topic came up at the group’s… Continue reading We Are Ohio Can’t Name Any Rights “No Rights at Work” Would Revoke
John Kasich, Compassionate Conservative?
Ohio Governor John Kasich has conflated government spending with personal charity in his arguments for Medicaid expansion, adopting one of the central pillars of progressive philosophy. Kasich’s portrayal of deeper debt and bigger government as the Christian path strongly resembles President George W. Bush’s talk of “compassionate conservatism,” which assented to progressive arguments that conservatism… Continue reading John Kasich, Compassionate Conservative?
Gov. Kasich Repeats Medicaid Expansion Lies in State of the State Address
Governor John Kasich forcefully repeated multiple falsehoods about expanding Medicaid eligibility in Ohio during his 2013 State of the State address on February 19. As he and his administration have done for weeks, Kasich falsely insisted that Ohio’s promised federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) funding for expanding Medicaid will be sent to other… Continue reading Gov. Kasich Repeats Medicaid Expansion Lies in State of the State Address
Kasich Administration Presents a False Choice on Medicaid Expansion
Governor John Kasich has falsely insisted that if Ohio does not expand Medicaid eligibility, federal Medicaid expansion funds for Ohio will be sent to other states. With some Ohio legislators hesitant to worsen America’s $16.5 trillion national debt, the Kasich administration has inaccurately claimed that rejecting Medicaid expansion would not prevent federal spending. Contrary to February 14… Continue reading Kasich Administration Presents a False Choice on Medicaid Expansion