COLUMBUS (AP) -- A Republican-controlled legislative panel will strip the governor's plans to expand Medicaid from the state's two-year budget proposal.
A source with knowledge of the budget negotiations confirmed Monday that House lawmakers planned to drop the idea from their version of the state spending blueprint. The source requested anonymity because the information had not yet been made public.
Republican Gov. John Kasich has framed his support for expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law as a way for the state to recapture Ohio taxpayers' federal money.
The state would see $13 billion from the federal government over the next seven years to cover those newly eligible for Medicaid.
Many GOP lawmakers are averse to Democratic President Barack Obama's law and resistant to expanding government programs.
Photo courtesy Alexander Smith
A source with knowledge of the budget negotiations confirmed Monday that House lawmakers planned to drop the idea from their version of the state spending blueprint. The source requested anonymity because the information had not yet been made public.
Republican Gov. John Kasich has framed his support for expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law as a way for the state to recapture Ohio taxpayers' federal money.
The state would see $13 billion from the federal government over the next seven years to cover those newly eligible for Medicaid.
Many GOP lawmakers are averse to Democratic President Barack Obama's law and resistant to expanding government programs.
Photo courtesy Alexander Smith
