How Ohio's Medicaid Expansion Will Increase Health Insurance Premiums for Everyone Else
Earlier this week, Ohio’s Republican governor, John Kasich, announced that his budget would endorse Obamacare’s dramatic expansion of Medicaid, America’s deeply flawed, money-losing health care program for the poor. Kasich’s decision, hailing from a large swing state, has enormous ramifications for both the politics and policy of health care reform. But what nobody is talking about is how expanding Medicaid will further increase premiums for people with private insurance, and further weaken the financial condition of Ohio’s hospitals.
Earlier this week, Ohio’s Republican governor, John Kasich, announced that his budget would endorse Obamacare’s dramatic expansion of Medicaid, America’s deeply flawed, money-losing health care program for the poor. Kasich’s decision, hailing from a large swing state, has enormous ramifications for both the politics and policy of health care reform. But what nobody is talking about is how expanding Medicaid will further increase premiums for people with private insurance, and further weaken the financial condition of Ohio’s hospitals.