Ohio governor John Kasich served in the U.S. House of Congress during the Clinton administration and was one of Clinton's biggest critic of the President's policies. He also voted against Clinton's economic and deficit reduction plan which passed the democratic controlled congress in 1993. He was also one of the republicans who predicted doom and gloom for the country. Kasich also voted to impeach President Clinton.
As governor of Ohio, Kasich is now defending his position of accepting medicaid coverage offered under the ACA to provide insurance for the working poor. Republican legislators in Montana questioned his position at a meeting. The legislators opposed the medicaid expansion to the ACA. Kasich said what they do with the medicaid expansion is treat the metally ill, treat the drug addicted and we help the working poor stop going to the emergency rooms and forcing me to pay for their medical bills because they have to go there sicker.
That is a great endorcement of how the ACA is working for those it was designed to help. The problem with Kasich and his republican party is that they lack the courage to embrace democratic proposals until they get into situations where they have to raise taxes to take care of a problem in their state. Health care was a problem when Kasich served in congress but congress kicked the can.
Too bad it took a challenge by Kasich's own party to respond to the benefits of the ACA. But he still deserves to be congratulated on thinking about his own people.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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