Just hours before the US Senate announced its health insurance bill would be delayed, was speaking out about funding for Medicaid with another governor 鈥� a Democrat.
to denounce the Senate鈥檚 proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which includes a lot less money for Medicaid expansion.
鈥淎nd I鈥檓 not just thinking about the impact it has on Ohio while I鈥檓 governor, since I鈥檓 only there for 18 more months, but I鈥檓 thinking about the overall impact on the country and the long-term impact," Kasich said.
Kasich and Hickenlooper said they鈥檙e concerned about millions of mentally ill, and losing health care 鈥� including 700,000 in Ohio. But Kasich added the Senate bill doesn鈥檛 include flexibility for states to make rules on Medicaid expansion, which he said they鈥檇 need to handle having less money.
