Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Some of the entitlement lobbying groups that fought for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in Ohio are spending tens of thousands of dollars to defend Republican incumbents in the state’s May 6 primary. To keep new taxpayer money from Republican Governor John Kasich’s expansion of Medicaid flowing their direction, the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) and other healthcare industry groups… Continue reading Obamacare Advocates Invest in Ohio Republican Primaries
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Pro-Obamacare Ohio GOP Campaigns On Standing Up to Obamacare
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Party-endorsed Ohio Republican Party (ORP) State Central Committee candidates are being promoted with inadvertently hilarious ORP flyers asserting, “It Takes a STRONG Republican Party to Stand Up to Obamacare.” ORP supports the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, a major component of President Obama’s unpopular insurance law. Several of the Obamacare expansion’s most vocal… Continue reading Pro-Obamacare Ohio GOP Campaigns On Standing Up to Obamacare
More Obamacare Critics Fall Out of Favor With Ohio GOP
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Three of the six Ohio House members who challenged Republican Governor John Kasich’s enactment of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in court have been denied the endorsement of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP). Questioned after a February 28 ORP Central Committee meeting where the committee voted on its 2014 slate, Party… Continue reading More Obamacare Critics Fall Out of Favor With Ohio GOP
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
End in Sight for ORP Fight?
Will Kevin DeWine (who has convinced at least 1 person of his success Tuesday) include an up-or-down vote on his continued chairmanship in the agenda?