Religious, community members rally to urge Gov. Kasich to expand Medicaid in Ohio

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By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer
on January 24, 2013 at 9:25 PM, updated January 24, 2013 at 10:46 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio --- More than 1,000 rallied at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland on Thursday night to show their support for expanding Medicaid in Ohio.

The assembly brought together members of religious congregations, community groups and major health care providers to demonstrate community support for expanding Medicaid.

The reason was because President Barack ''Obama's Affordable Care Act called for and funded the expansion of the Medicaid program, which provides health insurance to millions of poor Americans.

However, the Supreme Court ruled last year that the federal government could not compel states to expand Medicaid. The decision to expand it in Ohio is up to Gov. John Kasich and state legislators.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/religious_community_members_ra.html

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1. I love this kind of coalition building for this kind of cause.

I hoe the governor does the right thing here.