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John Kasich Accepts Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
TPM ^ | 02/04/2013 | Sahil Kapur

Posted on 02/04/2013 5:26:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced Monday that he will accept the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, becoming the fifth Republican governor to embrace the provision of the health care reform law that the Supreme Court made optional.

The governor unveiled the decision as part of his budget proposal.

“We are going to extend Medicaid for the working poor and for those who are jobless trying to find work,” Kasich said at a press conference in Columbus. “It makes great sense for the state of Ohio because it will allow us to provide greater care with our own dollars.”

The four other Republican governors to back the Medicaid expansion are Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota and Jan Brewer of Arizona. About a dozen GOP governors from red states have rejected the expansion; others from mostly blue and purple states have yet to decide. Democratic governors have broadly embraced it.

It’s an enticing deal: the expansion would extend Medicaid eligibility to their residents up to roughly 133 percent of the poverty line. The federal government would cover the full cost of the new beneficiaries in the early years and 90 percent after 2020.

“The net effect is 270,000 Ohioans coming into the [Medicaid] program,” said Greg Moody, the director of Ohio’s Office of Health Transformation. “Over two years the state of Ohio will have saved $235 million as a result of the decision to extend coverage.”

Kasich’s decision could influence other undecided Republican governors — such as Chris Christie of New Jersey, Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania and Scott Walker of Wisconsin — who are caught between wanting to improve the lives of their constituents and to remain in good standing with the conservative movement,

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: johnkasich; kasich; obamacare; ohio; rino; traitor
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1 posted on 02/04/2013 5:26:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I am clo to finding no reason to even support these guys. Even whe we win, we lose ground.


2 posted on 02/04/2013 5:28:50 PM PST by ilgipper (Obama supporters are comprised of the uninformed & the ill-informed)
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To: SeekAndFind
Kasich changed about the time he dumped his first wife.

He's one of them, now.

3 posted on 02/04/2013 5:29:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I like Kasich. This is disappointing.


4 posted on 02/04/2013 5:29:32 PM PST by BfloGuy (Money, like chocolate on a hot oven, was melting in the pockets of the people.)
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To: SeekAndFind

When does the Repub party officially change their mascot from an elephant to a folding lawn chair? Has that date been announced or are they waiting to “surprise” us?


5 posted on 02/04/2013 5:29:34 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: SeekAndFind

The political class sell out to Obama Utopian fascism.We will return to being a nation of gardeners. Swift will come the division between the quick who will survive, and the dead, who now follow this insane Obama political pustule.


6 posted on 02/04/2013 5:29:59 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: SeekAndFind

Depressing. He’s one of the last govs I would’ve expected this from.


7 posted on 02/04/2013 5:31:17 PM PST by surroundedbyblue (I once saw a movie where only the police & military had guns. It was called "Schindler's List")
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To: SeekAndFind

Other “conservative” governors who have caved to the siren call of Obamacare:

JAN BREWER OF ARIZONA ( Sigh, is she going to cave on illegal immigration too?).

See here: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/obamacares-discriminatory-subsidies-brewer-bows-when-arizona-should-keep-slugging

Why is Jan Brewer Giving in to President Obama on ObamaCare?

Another one who has caved — SUSANNA MARTINEZ of New Mexico

see here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-young/new-mexico-medicaid-to-ex_b_2442421.html

Other heads of U.S. states otherwise hostile to the Affordable Care Act who’re going along or contemplating going along with Medicaid expansion are Nevada’s Brian Sandoval, Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota.

See here:

http://missouri-news.org/midwest-news/tennessee/hope-suspicions-swirl-in-legislature-over-haslams-tenncare-plans/23187


8 posted on 02/04/2013 5:31:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: surroundedbyblue; jeffc; BfloGuy

Other “conservative” governors who have caved to the siren call of Obamacare:

JAN BREWER OF ARIZONA ( Sigh, is she going to cave on illegal immigration too?).

See here: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/obamacares-discriminatory-subsidies-brewer-bows-when-arizona-should-keep-slugging

Why is Jan Brewer Giving in to President Obama on ObamaCare?

Another one who has caved — SUSANNA MARTINEZ of New Mexico

see here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-young/new-mexico-medicaid-to-ex_b_2442421.html

Other heads of U.S. states otherwise hostile to the Affordable Care Act who’re going along or contemplating going along with Medicaid expansion are Nevada’s Brian Sandoval, Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota.

See here:

http://missouri-news.org/midwest-news/tennessee/hope-suspicions-swirl-in-legislature-over-haslams-tenncare-plans/23187


9 posted on 02/04/2013 5:33:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

RE: Kasich changed about the time he dumped his first wife.

Don’t know what you mean by dump. I believe it was an amicable divorce.

Kasich was married to Mary Lee Griffith from 1975 to 1980, had no children with her, and Mary has campaigned for him post-divorce.

He is currently married to his second wife, Karen, and they have twin daughters, Emma and Reese.

I don’t think his divorce over 30 years ago has anything to do with this.


10 posted on 02/04/2013 5:36:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Gov. Haslam of TN is a RINO pussy. Just like our two Senators Lamar! and P(C)orker.

I don’t know why my fellow Tennesseans vote this way.


11 posted on 02/04/2013 5:37:11 PM PST by Fledermaus (I'm done with the GOP. Let them wither and die. Let's start over.)
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To: jeffc
When does the Repub party officially change their mascot from an elephant to a folding lawn chair?

Judging by their last Presidential nominee, about last August.

12 posted on 02/04/2013 5:38:35 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: SeekAndFind
You NEVER see big leftists caving like this. :(:(:((:(
13 posted on 02/04/2013 5:40:11 PM PST by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hadn’t heard about Brewer. Disappointing in every instance.


14 posted on 02/04/2013 5:40:17 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ugh. That’s enough. I need to go hit the treadmill & listen to some music or something. I’ve had it for the day.

I’m losing hope.....fast


15 posted on 02/04/2013 5:43:14 PM PST by surroundedbyblue (I once saw a movie where only the police & military had guns. It was called "Schindler's List")
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To: surroundedbyblue

In the end, these states will be left holding the bag.


16 posted on 02/04/2013 5:51:16 PM PST by Kolath
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To: SeekAndFind

Country’s gone.

Now go pay your taxes - your government is broke. :)


17 posted on 02/04/2013 5:52:58 PM PST by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Like all politicians, Kasich despises his children and grandchildren. He may not say that but his actions prove it. There is no way the Feds can pay for this and he knows it.


18 posted on 02/04/2013 5:56:20 PM PST by microgood
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To: prairiebreeze

I live in Arizona and haven’t heard the official word; however, Mark Levin announced it on his show about half-hour ago.


19 posted on 02/04/2013 5:58:15 PM PST by spiderfern
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To: prairiebreeze

I live in Arizona and haven’t heard the official word; however, Mark Levin announced it on his show about half-hour ago.


20 posted on 02/04/2013 5:58:40 PM PST by spiderfern
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