Kasich 'Optimistic' On Medicaid Expansion

Kasich 'Optimistic' On Medicaid Expansion

CLEVELAND -

Gov. John Kasich said Friday that he's feeling optimistic ahead of a legislative panel's vote on funding an extension of the Medicaid health program to cover more low-income Ohioans.

The Republican spoke at the Cleveland Clinic, using one of the nation's best known hospitals to make his pitch. He was joined by advocates who support expansion.

Kasich asked why people seemed cold-hearted when it comes to providing health care for the poor.

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He told the audience to imagine a scenario some people face when they walk into an emergency room with no health insurance. "Or worse than that, you wake up in the morning and you see your daughter has a problem and you have no way to help her out," he said.

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The Controlling Board includes two Democrats and a Kasich appointee who are expected to favor the request. That leaves the governor in search of a single vote among his fellow Republicans.

The GOP-controlled Legislature so far has resisted Medicaid expansion, which is one of the key components of President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.

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