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
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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
Discussing Medicaid Expansion on 55KRC in Cincinnati
I discussed some of the awful arguments being used by Gov. Kasich and other Obamacare Medicaid expansion advocates in an interview this morning with Brian Thomas on 55KRC in Cincinnati. The full August 29, 2013 show is available at 55KRC.com, and you can listen to my segment using the player below.
Jim DeMint: Ohio Should Reject Medicaid Expansion “Fool’s Gold”
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Jim DeMint, president of The Heritage Foundation and formerly a U.S. senator from South Carolina, described the promise of Obamacare Medicaid expansion funding as “fool’s gold” in an August 26 interview with Media Trackers. “I hope the people of Ohio will not take what I call fool’s… Continue reading Jim DeMint: Ohio Should Reject Medicaid Expansion “Fool’s Gold”
Ohio Republican Party Strives to Stifle Obamacare Dissent
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. A Media Trackers attempt to learn local Ohio Republican Party (ORP) leaders’ opinions of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion prompted an odd reaction from one county chairman, who instructed all county chairs to delete the inquiry from an “enemy blogger.” On August 12, Media Trackers reached out to… Continue reading Ohio Republican Party Strives to Stifle Obamacare Dissent
Gov. Kasich’s Obamacare Talking Points Trainwreck
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Governor John Kasich, who warned in 2010 that Obamacare would “require more Medicaid spending and stick states with large and unsustainable costs,” has been trying to stick Ohio with those costs for six months. If he has compelling reasons for doing so, he has not shared them. A 2012… Continue reading Gov. Kasich’s Obamacare Talking Points Trainwreck
Study Suggests Medicaid Expansion Would Cut Ohio’s Workforce
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The Obamacare Medicaid expansion could reduce nationwide employment by up to 940,000, a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper released this month estimated. If every state implemented the expansion sought by Ohio Governor John Kasich, as many as 4.2 million Americans would be pushed from private health insurance into… Continue reading Study Suggests Medicaid Expansion Would Cut Ohio’s Workforce
Gov. Kasich Pretends Obamacare is Not Obamacare
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Governor John Kasich is now insisting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion “is not about Obamacare,” in an attempt to message his fight for new deficit spending around conservative opposition and months of bad news about President Obama’s unpopular 2010 health law. Expanding Medicaid — an ineffective entitlement program that already consumes nearly… Continue reading Gov. Kasich Pretends Obamacare is Not Obamacare
Kasich Tugs Heartstrings, Spins Falsehoods at Medicaid Expansion Rally
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Governor John Kasich stuck to his practiced Medicaid expansion pitch – a mix of progressive pseudo-Christianity and outright falsehoods about the program’s funding – during a speech at a July 9 Statehouse rally for socialized medicine. As his administration has done for months, the Republican governor conflated Medicaid coverage with “health… Continue reading Kasich Tugs Heartstrings, Spins Falsehoods at Medicaid Expansion Rally
Ohio Budget Reactions: Newspapers Fixate on Abortion, Medicaid Expansion
Reactions to Ohio’s new budget from the state’s largest newspapers have been remarkably similar, with almost every reporter emphasizing Governor John Kasich’s veto of a measure blocking Medicaid expansion and his refusal to veto pro-life language. Kasich, a Republican, signed the budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 on June 30. Clocking in at more… Continue reading Ohio Budget Reactions: Newspapers Fixate on Abortion, Medicaid Expansion