Already suffering from 14 straight months of 10%+ unemployment, a deep budget gap, and a Democratic Governor with no plan to fix any of it, Ohio taxpayer are in for more bad news: another $1.45 billion in costs thanks to ObamaCare. The Columbus Dispatch reports:
“The sharp Medicaid expansion under the new federal health-care law will cost Ohio taxpayers $1.45 billion from 2014 through 2019, according to projections released to The Dispatch yesterday by the state. …
“‘Wow. We couldn’t afford Medicaid before the expansion,’ said veteran state Rep. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark. …
“Ohio’s cost, according to the Kaiser analysis, would be $266 million a year, nearly $1.6 billion over the six years and slightly higher than the state projection.”
This is the last thing Ohio needs, and it’s one big reason why Congressman Boehner led the fight this week on a proposal to repeal the jobs-killing, unconstitutional “individual mandate” at the heart of ObamaCare. The Hill reported:
“The resolution takes aim at one of the parts of President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats’ signature legislation, the individual mandate. Republicans had often protested the measure within the healthcare bill, arguing that it would drive up costs for consumers and that it was possibly unconstitutional.”
Democrats ultimately rejected the proposal, but Boehner isn’t giving up the fight to repeal ObamaCare and start over with common sense solutions that drive down costs for families, small businesses, and taxpayers. And sixty-three percent of Americans – including a majority of Ohioans – agree with him.
If you want to help Boehner repeal the Democrats’ government takeover of health care and fight for better solutions, join the team and become a Boehner Campaigner today!
READ MORE:
- Boehner: The Problem Is ObamaCare, Not the Sales Pitch (6/8/10)
- “Terrible” Jobs Report Highlights Need to Cut Spending, Repeal ObamaCare (6/4/10)
- Local Small Business Faces $250,000 in New Taxes Under ObamaCare (5/21/10)
- Greenville Business Owner Tells Boehner ObamaCare “Will Devastate” Her Business (5/20/10)
- Boehner On FOX: Recent Reports Show ObamaCare Will Increase Costs (5/14/10)
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