Category: ohio

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

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

Columbus Dispatch Devotes 8 Months to Medicaid Expansion Advocacy

Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The Columbus Dispatch has tried for over 8 months to guilt the Ohio General Assembly into expanding Medicaid, backing Governor John Kasich’s fight for Obamacare funding by giving advocates of the policy glowing coverage and marginalizing critics. Since Gov. Kasich released his budget plan on February 4, Dispatch reporters have… Continue reading Columbus Dispatch Devotes 8 Months to Medicaid Expansion Advocacy

Another Day, Another Bug in Ohio Obamacare Exchange Registration

Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The second day of registration for the Obamacare “Health Insurance Marketplace” in Ohio brought a new waiting screen and a new error making it impossible to complete the mandatory application for federally-approved, federally-subsidized health insurance. After sitting through an updated “We have a lot of visitors on the… Continue reading Another Day, Another Bug in Ohio Obamacare Exchange Registration

Adventures in Socialized Medicine: Ohio Registration at HealthCare.gov

Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. In Ohio and the 26 other states that refused to create Obamacare exchanges, the “marketplaces” scheduled to begin taking registrants today will be entirely run by the federal government. What’s the worst that could happen? “The Health Insurance Marketplace is Open,” announced a welcome message at HealthCare.gov. In… Continue reading Adventures in Socialized Medicine: Ohio Registration at HealthCare.gov

Gov. Kasich Sticks To False, Pseudo-Christian Obamacare Rhetoric

Ohio Governor John Kasich keeps repeating his false claim that expanding Medicaid would “get our money back,” his insistence that God wants more entitlement spending, and his allusions to circumventing standard legislative procedure to implement a key piece of Obamacare. In a September 16 question and answer session with the press filmed by Youngstown Vindicator reporter Marc Kovac, the Republican governor… Continue reading Gov. Kasich Sticks To False, Pseudo-Christian Obamacare Rhetoric