Republican Governor John Kasich says he still wants Ohio lawmakers to include Medicaid expansion in the Ohio budget. Yet Kasich says there are limits to what he, as Governor, can do to change the situation. He says it’s time for supporters of the Medicaid expansion plan to make the case for it with Republican lawmakers.
That involves this entire community, says Kasich. "The provider community, mental health community, they just have to say how important it is to them."
Meanwhile, some Democratic House members have introduced the Medicaid expansion Kasich supports as a stand alone bill and are hoping there will be enough Republicans to vote the measure through on its own merits.
