Honestly, any Governor who would pass this up is guilty of malpractice.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gov. John Kasich Monday joined the growing ranks of Republican governors who will expand Medicaid.Fifth Republican Governor to support the Affordable Care Act provision, after Jan Brewer of Arizona relented last week.The governor, who had hinted at his decision in recent days, confirmed in his two-year budget announcement that he will expand the program to cover hundreds of thousand of more residents.
However, the brief also said that Ohio would "reverse this decision" if the federal government failed to cover nearly all of the cost of expansion, as it has said it would.
The expansion of Medicaid fulfills an option under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide coverage to adults living at up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states have the ability to opt in or out of the program, but they cannot partially expand it.
Only way I can think to end this diary...help me out Kossacks.
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