Medicaid expansion

Faber Gives No Specifics On Medicaid "Reform" Plan

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:25:42 +0000

Republican Ohio Senate President Keith Faber told a Cleveland City Club audience Monday lawmakers are open to pursuing a Medicaid bill before the end of the year.

Activists Lobby For Medicaid Expansion

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:22:43 +0000

Advocates for expanding Medicaid used the Mother's Day holiday to ask state lawmakers what their mothers would do about the issue.

Supporters of Medicaid Expansion Delay Decision On Ballot Issue

Associated Press and Ohio Public Radio and Jim Letizia — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:17:02 +0000

Supporters of extending Medicaid coverage to more low-income Ohioans say they plan to hold off until July further work on putting the issue on the statewide ballot.

Bill Expanding Medicaid Introduced

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:28:45 +0000

Minority Democrats in the Ohio Senate have introduced a bill to expand the Medicaid program under the federal health care law after the idea was stripped from the state budget.

Governor Stumps For Medicaid Expansion

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:17:59 +0000

Major parts of Ohio Governor John Kasich's two-year state budget proposal are facing opposition from his fellow Republicans.

Faber Uses Gun Metaphor To Describe Medicaid Expansion

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:56:58 +0000

Republican Ohio Senate President Keith Faber has said he views expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law as an ultimatum from the Obama administration.

Medicaid Expansion Rally Draws Unusual Coalition

Ohio Public Radio and Bill Cohen — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:56:10 +0000

There’s an old saying --- Politics makes strange bedfellows. And that was evident Thursday at a rally in Columbus, supporting a proposal to expand Medicaid in Ohio to individuals with incomes as high as 38% above the official poverty level. More than 300 people attended the event, and statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports it was an unusual mix.

Mandel Urges Opposition to Medicaid Expansion

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:50:48 +0000

Ohio's state treasurer is encouraging fellow Republicans in the Legislature to reject Governor John Kasich's proposed expansion of Medicaid.