Ohio Republicans Announce They'll Cut Medicaid To Fund... You Guessed It, More Tax Cuts!

[DearAbby]

From the Columbus Dispatch, we learn that Republicans plan on drastically cutting Medicaid eligibility as a means to balance the budget and pay for the tax cuts they passed in 2005, and any additional tax cuts Governor-elect Kasich intends on passing.

After his speech, the Medina resident said that kind of shortfall means there is no way to avoid making significant changes to Medicaid, the $12.5 billion state-federal health insurance program for the poor and disabled.

"First, we have to apply for exceptions, a lot of them," Batchelder said, noting that in the past, the state asked the federal government for permission to expand Medicaid eligibility, but leaders now must go the other direction.

Asked if that meant reducing eligibility to 100 percent of the federal poverty level, $22,050 for a family of four, Batchelder said, "That seems to me to be inevitable."

Presently, Ohio’s pregnant women or children from families with income 200% of the federal poverty level or below qualify for Medicaid. Speaker-elect Batchelder just announced that it’s “inevitable” that they will reduce the income eligibility for those families in half.


More: http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/ohio-republicans-announce-theyll-cut-

[MadMaddie]

1. They are all in now and there is no walking it back!

Walker created the deficit and now they are trying to blame others.....unbelievable.