Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
John Kasich presidential campaign, 2016/Healthcare
From Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia's scope changes periodically, and this article type is no longer actively created or maintained. It may also contain neutrality issues.
 John Kasich |
Governor of Ohio (2011-2019) U.S. House, Ohio, District 12 (1983-2001) Ohio State Senate (1979-1983) |
 Republican candidate: |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
This page was current as of the 2016 election.
- John Kasich’s administration announced on January 19, 2016, new voluntary guidelines for the prescription of short-term pain medication. According to The Lexington Herald-Leader, “People with short-term pain from injuries or surgery should be given alternatives to prescription painkillers whenever possible and be provided only the minimum amounts if absolutely needed.”[1]
- On January 8, 2016, Kasich said he opposed paid maternity leave, recommending instead flexible working arrangements. “The one thing we need to do for working women is to give them the flexibility to be able to work at home online. The reason why that’s important is, when women take maternity leave or time to be with the children, then what happens is they fall behind on the experience level, which means that the pay becomes a differential,” he said.[2]
- Kasich described the healthcare system he would like to see succeed the Affordable Care Act in an interview with NPR’s Scott Simon on July 25, 2015. Kasich said, “I'd like to replace it with a health care system that would be market-driven, that would begin to shift us to quality-based health care rather than quantity-based health care. In other words, with the primary care doctor being the shepherd to shepherd us through our health care needs, with insurance companies and hospitals working together to share profits, to share the gains they make by keeping people healthy rather than treating them on the basis of how they're sick.”[3]
- According to Project Vote Smart, John Kasich supports a "managed competition" healthcare plan that would "contain costs and improve access that does not include mandated health alliances, government cost control powers, or employer/employee mandates."[4] He also said that he supported reforms to allow healthcare to be purchased in other states, to reduce frivolous lawsuits, to cover pre-existing medical issues, to give incentives for people to live healthy lifestyles, and to implement electronic medical records.[5]
- Kasich opposed Obamacare but supported an expansion of Medicaid to more of the population.[6] The Ohio General Assembly tried to prevent Kasich from passing the Medicaid expansion, but Kasich used the Ohio Controlling Board to circumvent the state legislature and pass the expansion despite protests.[7]
- It was reported in October 2014 that Kasich had changed his position on Obamacare after he stated that he did not believe the law would be repealed. The Associated Press reported that Kasich said, "The opposition to [Obamacare] was really either political or ideological... I don't think that holds water against real flesh and blood, and real improvements in people's lives."[8] Later, Kasich tweeted, "The AP got it wrong. Ohio said NO to the Obamacare exchange for a reason. As always, my position is that we need to repeal and replace."[8]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms John Kasich Healthcare. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Lexington Herald-Leader, "Ohio sets new guidelines for short-term pain prescribing," January 19, 2016
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "Paid leave hurts equal pay: Kasich," January 9, 2016
- ↑ NPR, "Gov. John Kasich On Health Policy, Religion And Inclusiveness," July 25, 2015
- ↑ Vote Smart, “John Kasich's Issue Positions," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ The Political Guide, “John Kasich on Health Care," August 17, 2010
- ↑ Politico, “Gov. John Kasich: Repeal Obamacare, but not all of it," accessed December 23, 2014
- ↑ Cleveland.com, “Political comeback comes with a Tea Party twist and a big fight with unions: John Kasich 5.0," May 15, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Washington Post, “John Kasich just broke from his party on Obamacare. Or did he?" October 20, 2014
