Ohio Medicaid reform and expansion inching forward

Carrie Ghose Staff reporter- Business First Email | Google+ | Twitter | LinkedIn Gov. John Kasich is still championing an expansion of Ohio’s Medicaid program, and legislative leaders who’ve resisted say they plan to work through the summer on a reform package to be enacted by year’s end. On Jan. 1, employers may face penalties under Obamacare for low-wage workers who would have qualified for expanded Medicaid but end up getting tax credits to buy insurance on their own. At a Friday news conference on the passage of the state’s two-year budget – which omitted the expansion – House Speaker Bill Batchelder and Senate President Keith Faber did not address...