Ohio Panel Approves Medicaid Expansion
5-2 vote
An estimated 366,000 more people in Ohio will soon be able to enroll in Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled, after a legislative panel on Monday cleared Republican Gov. John Kasich's request for the state to spend federal dollars to provide them with health coverage.
It was a victory for the governor, who has pushed for expansion for months — despite opposing President Barack Obama's signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) under whichMedicaid expansion falls — as well as a triumph for the Obama administration.
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