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Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts

6/6/13

GOP Governor Urges His Party To Expand Medicaid: ‘What Would Ronald Reagan Do?’

GOP Governor Urges His Party To Expand Medicaid: ‘What Would Ronald Reagan Do?’: Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) has a simple question for Republican lawmakers reticent to take part in Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion: “What would Reagan do?” The answer, according to Kasich, is also simple — expand Medicaid. In an editorial for USA Today, Kasich — who became the fifth Republican governor to endorse expansion in February — noted [...]/p

2/28/13

Pennsylvania Republicans Pressure Their Governor To Accept Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion

Pennsylvania Republicans Pressure Their Governor To Accept Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion: Now that the Republican governors in Ohio and New Jersey have both announced their support for expanding their states’ Medicaid programs under Obamacare — joining Democratic-led New York and Maryland — Pennsylvania is surrounded. Gov. Tom Corbett (R) has resisted cooperating with this Obamacare provision so far. But now, members of his own party are [...]/p

2/13/13

11 GOP Governors Still Need To Decide Whether Or Not To Deny Health Care To Low-Income Americans

11 GOP Governors Still Need To Decide Whether Or Not To Deny Health Care To Low-Income Americans: Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) announced on Wednesday that he will turn down Obamacare’s optional expansion of the Medicaid program, which makes him the thirteenth Republican leader to refuse to extend public health insurance to additional low-income Americans. Six GOP governors — in Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio and Nevada — have expressed support [...]/p

1/25/13

Faith Leaders Pressure Ohio Governor To Expand ‘Life-Saving’ Medicaid Program

Faith Leaders Pressure Ohio Governor To Expand ‘Life-Saving’ Medicaid Program: On top of slashing state funds for Ohio’s Medicaid program, Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) hasn’t yet committed to Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion — even though participating in the expansion would extend health coverage to an estimated 600,000 low-income Ohioans. But the state’s religious and community leaders are hoping the governor might be swayed by their [...]/p

12/4/12

Ohio Senator Confronted By Constituents Over Support For Medicare And Social Security Cuts

Ohio Senator Confronted By Constituents Over Support For Medicare And Social Security Cuts: Ohio Senator Rob Portman (R) was one of a handful of Washington, D.C lawmakers and policy experts invited to participate in a panel discussion on the fiscal cliff on Tuesday morning, but his prepared remarks were temporarily derailed by about a dozen protestors who stood up, one at a time, to confront Portman over his [...]/p

10/18/12

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your E-Vote?

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your E-Vote?
"But these Hart machines are deeply flawed and widely know to be open to a troubling variety of attacks and breakdowns ( http://www.bradblog.com/... ).  There is no legal or other means to definitively monitor and re-check a tally compiled on Hart or other electronic voting machines.  Ohio's current governor and secretary of state are both Republicans."