Billions in federal Medicaid funds will go to Ohio families and health-care
providers
Published: Fri, February 8, 2013 @ 12:00
a.m.
Vindicator
There will be considerable de- bate over various elements
of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s budget, but one part of it makes such perfect sense
that it ought to sail through the General Assembly. That’s Kasich’s proposal to
expand Medicaid coverage in the state under the Affordable Care Act.
Kasich becomes one of five Republican governors to
recognize the wisdom of expanding Medicaid, but the fact that he’s one of only
five shows what a divisive partisan issue Medicaid and the ACA have become.
Then, too, there’s a statement to reporters by House Speaker William Batchelder
that the idea poses philosophical questions for lawmakers who oppose the ACA’s
mandate that almost everyone have health insurance.
But other opponents of the ACA have pointed out,
everybody in America already has health care — all they have to do is go to the
emergency room. And while that may be at least partially true, the problem is
that hospitals, doctors and subcontractors who provide emergency services
eventually pass along most of their losses to their paying customers.
Hannah Report 2/8/11
Meet
the Freshmen: Mike Curtin
Quick Bio
Age: 61
Party: Democrat
Occupation: Legislator, retired from the Columbus Dispatch
Education: B.A. in Journalism, Ohio State University
Path to General Assembly: Won election to the 17th House District, a new district created by the Ohio Apportionment Board in Franklin County
Personal: Married, two children
Website: www.mikecurtin.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FriendsofMikeCurtin
Curtin said he hopes House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) will change his mind about wanting redistricting and reapportionment reform to go through the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, “because it looks to me that it’s a recipe for putting it in the freezer and letting it cool for a while.” He said all the data and debate on the issue is out there, and the only remaining sticking points are about whether it includes a sentence or two on competitiveness, the trigger date, and a tie-breaker mechanism.
He said he would not like to see reform wait until 2020, but said he is a pragmatist and is for getting whatever brings reform.
Overall, he said he will see his legislating style as “slow and methodical,” and said he doesn’t see himself sponsoring many bills. Using a sports analogy, he said he’s going let the game come to him. He said he plans to pour his efforts into helping his district, which he said has many challenges, including a need for jobs, improved public safety, and solutions to a high number of abandoned houses from foreclosures. http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=191910
Quick Bio
Age: 61
Party: Democrat
Occupation: Legislator, retired from the Columbus Dispatch
Education: B.A. in Journalism, Ohio State University
Path to General Assembly: Won election to the 17th House District, a new district created by the Ohio Apportionment Board in Franklin County
Personal: Married, two children
Website: www.mikecurtin.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FriendsofMikeCurtin
Curtin said he hopes House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) will change his mind about wanting redistricting and reapportionment reform to go through the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, “because it looks to me that it’s a recipe for putting it in the freezer and letting it cool for a while.” He said all the data and debate on the issue is out there, and the only remaining sticking points are about whether it includes a sentence or two on competitiveness, the trigger date, and a tie-breaker mechanism.
He said he would not like to see reform wait until 2020, but said he is a pragmatist and is for getting whatever brings reform.
Overall, he said he will see his legislating style as “slow and methodical,” and said he doesn’t see himself sponsoring many bills. Using a sports analogy, he said he’s going let the game come to him. He said he plans to pour his efforts into helping his district, which he said has many challenges, including a need for jobs, improved public safety, and solutions to a high number of abandoned houses from foreclosures. http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=191910
Hannah Report 2/7/13
CCS
Releases Third Edition of Follow the Money
The Center for Community Solutions (CCS) recently released the third edition of Richard Sheridan's Follow the Money: State Budgeting in Ohio -- this version edited and updated by Terry Thomas.
Since 2000, when the book was first published, it has been a source of information about all things related to Ohio's budget including political considerations during budget deliberations to the interaction between state, federal and local budgets.
Specifically, topics covered include the following:
- History of state budgeting in Ohio.
- Ohio's budgeting practices.
- Revenue sources and tax structure.
- Executive budget development.
- Program and budget analysis.
- Politics of budgeting.
- Implementation of the budget.
- Capital improvements budget.
- Possible budget reforms.
House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) calls the book "a dependable resource for understanding how principles become policies."
Sheridan, who died in 2009, served as the state's first Legislative Budget Officer, moving on to teach, work for the auditor of state and then consult with CCS. Thomas, too, has an extensive history in the state, having worked as an analyst for the Legislative Service Commission; president of the State Controlling Board; stints at the departments of development and job and family services and Board of Regents; and founding executive director of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges.
http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=191895
The Center for Community Solutions (CCS) recently released the third edition of Richard Sheridan's Follow the Money: State Budgeting in Ohio -- this version edited and updated by Terry Thomas.
Since 2000, when the book was first published, it has been a source of information about all things related to Ohio's budget including political considerations during budget deliberations to the interaction between state, federal and local budgets.
Specifically, topics covered include the following:
- History of state budgeting in Ohio.
- Ohio's budgeting practices.
- Revenue sources and tax structure.
- Executive budget development.
- Program and budget analysis.
- Politics of budgeting.
- Implementation of the budget.
- Capital improvements budget.
- Possible budget reforms.
House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) calls the book "a dependable resource for understanding how principles become policies."
Sheridan, who died in 2009, served as the state's first Legislative Budget Officer, moving on to teach, work for the auditor of state and then consult with CCS. Thomas, too, has an extensive history in the state, having worked as an analyst for the Legislative Service Commission; president of the State Controlling Board; stints at the departments of development and job and family services and Board of Regents; and founding executive director of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges.
http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=191895
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