Category Archives: Medicaid Expansion

Governor Dissembler Strikes Again

imagesGovernor Kasich is at it again – trying to divorce Medicaid expansion from Obamacare. But Media Trackers isn’t going to let him get away with it.  In their recent article, “Why Does John Kasich Keep Lying about Obamacare,” Media Trackers highlights a January 23rd interview Governor Kasich did with radio host Bill Cunningham. Cunningham asked Kasich why he “decided to sign onto Medicaid with Obamacare.”  Kasich replied, “Well, first of all, this has nothing to […]

Ohio Supreme Court Delivers a Blow to Liberty and a Win to King Kasich

imagesOhioans received a lump of coal this Christmas and its time we poured out the contents of our stockings and took a closer look.  In a 4-3 decision days before Christmas, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld Medicaid expansion in Ohio leaving constitutionalists scratching their heads wondering what they did to deserve such a wrong-headed ruling. The suit, brought by six Republican state legislators and two Ohio Right to Life groups, challenged the Ohio Controlling Board’s […]

Third Base Politics Props Up Kasich in Left Field

single-leftfield-rof1Like the third baseman who protects the left field line, Third Base Politics spends a lot of time protecting Ohio’s left of center governor.  In a recent blogpost, Jake3BP resorted to some hardball suggesting that OLC has lost its “credibility” and has “morphed into an anti-Kasich mouthpiece.”  Apparently, Jake’s afraid OLC is no longer concerned with advancing liberty-minded principles. Well Jake3BP, there’s nothing to fear because OLC has never stopped advancing liberty.  In fact, even […]

Court to Rule by Year’s End on Kasich’s Use of Controlling Board to Expand Medicaid

formal2013The Toledo Blade reports that the Ohio Supreme Court is set to decide before the end of the year whether Governor Kasich had the authority to enact Obamacare-directed Medicaid expansion via the Controlling Board. Proponents of Medicaid expansion representing hospitals, religious organizations, business and labor groups have filed numerous briefs in support of expansion.  According to the Toledo Blade, however, the briefs focus on what the proponents perceive as the moral and economic aspects of […]

Obamacare created a Medicaid time bomb with Kasich as willing enabler

Time bombIn his piece, “Obamacare created a Medicaid time bomb,” Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute exposes the grim reality underlying Obamacare’s enrollment numbers.  Of the 1.6 million Americans who have enrolled so far, 1.46 million of them actually signed up for Medicaid as a result of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion or due to individuals who were already eligible, but not enrolled.  Obamacare was suppose to mean affordable health care through a private insurer, not sub par free […]