John Kasich Admits Protesters Are Affecting Obamacare Debate (KEEP RAISING HELL!)

[CousinIT]

WASHINGTON ― Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) implored congressional Republicans to change tack on an Obamacare repeal by cutting out conservatives and working with Democrats to preserve coverage for millions of Americans ― and he admitted that the raucous town halls across the country are influencing the debate.

“There’s going to be a problem in the House of getting anything out of there that still provides coverage to people,” Kasich told “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson. “That’s why the Republicans have to reach out to some of the Democrats.”

Kasich mentioned that there were some conservatives in the House who were trying to get rid of the entirety of Obamacare.

“And that’s not acceptable when you have 20 million people, or 700,000 people in my state [using Obamacare], because where do the mentally ill go?” Kasich asked. “Where do the drug addicted go?”

Kasich is a proponent of the Medicaid expansion, which allowed states like Ohio to offer Medicaid to a broader range of people (including individuals making roughly $16,000 a year). Conservatives have already indicated they won’t vote for an Obamacare repeal that preserves the Medicaid expansion, while some Senate Republicans have indicated they won’t support a repeal that removes the expansion. That has left the GOP in a bind, and Kasich thinks the answer is to turn to Democrats.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kasich-obamacare-protesters_us_58b2dcb8e4b060480e08b507

[Thinkingabout]

1. The Republicans have gotten themselves into a dither, they cried repeal but

Did not plan on hearing citizens demand this to continue. They have spent 7 years raising hell and have never developed a plan. It is like the dog chasing the car and catches it and then doesn't know what to do with its catch.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. They've been complaining for years that we wouldn't let them give people a 'better' law

so... where's the plan?

They should have done it by now. Easy-Peasy. Right?

[samnsara]

3. my friend in Ohio says they hate Kasich....

...but I cant believe the GOP chose Cheeto over him!