Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. News coverage from The Columbus Dispatch quoted supporters of Medicaid expansion 114 times between February 4 and June 18 while quoting the policy’s opponents just 40 times, a review of Dispatch reporting reveals. Based on a LexisNexis search, the paper reported on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion… Continue reading Columbus Dispatch Gives Medicaid Expansion Backers a Giant Boost
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Talking Medicaid Expansion with Brian Thomas on 55KRC
Yesterday I discussed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion with Brian Thomas at 55KRC in Cincinnati. Listen to our 7:30 AM June 25, 2013 conversation here: Stories cited in the segment: John Kasich’s Billion-Dollar Medicaid Expansion Bluff More Than a Quarter of Ohio Doctors Reject New Medicaid Patients Oregon Study: Another Medicaid Expansion Red… Continue reading Talking Medicaid Expansion with Brian Thomas on 55KRC
5 More Columbus Dispatch Stories Promoting Medicaid Expansion
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
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
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
Ohio House Passes Budget Without Medicaid Expansion
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The Ohio House of Representatives passed biennial budget House Bill 59 (HB 59) on April 18 without Governor John Kasich’s proposed Medicaid expansion, calling instead for a separate debate on the issue. There is no deadline for states to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable… Continue reading Ohio House Passes Budget Without Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion myths vs. math
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Ohio’s debate over the Obamacare Medicaid expansion has been distorted by a media eager to carry water for bigger government, unquestioningly repeating talking points that collapse under any amount of scrutiny. Please share this video to help Media Trackers counter the fact that Ohio’s major newspapers have endorsed… Continue reading Medicaid expansion myths vs. math