Ohio Senate Republicans return to consider override
"I think there is a willingness from our members -- and I can't speak for the House -- to work with members of the House and also the administration on a chance to work things out without having to do an override," Senate Republican spokesman
The Republican-controlled
Because the budget was a House bill, the
Senate Minority Leader
"I was in the hospital right before the election [dealing with cancer] as then-candidate Trump was talking about getting rid of what he said was this terrible thing [Obamacare], but the people up there were telling me don't mess with what's helping them,"
"He didn't get rid of it," he said. "He didn't have the votes. He didn't have a plan. He didn't have a clue, to be honest with you.''
Among the vetoes the House did vote to undo were provisions that would increase reimbursement rates for nursing homes and some other Medicaid service providers, require the administration to seek a federal waiver to temporarily restore a state tax on Medicaid managed-care organizations that also benefited counties and public transit authorities, and limit the budgeting decision authority of the quasi-legislative Ohio Controlling Board.
For now, the
Under the freeze, beginning on
Among the more significant items overridden by the House and on the menu for possible
--Require the administration to seek federal approval to institute the Healthy Ohio program that would, among other things, require Medicaid expansion participants to pay monthly premiums toward their coverage. The Obama administration had previously rejected a similar proposal.
--Require legislative approval for significant increases in Medicaid spending beyond approval by the Ohio Controlling Board that
--Require the administration to seek a federal waiver to raise the amount of a franchise fee imposed on managed-care companies to 7.2 percent for six years to at least temporarily replace revenue lost by counties and public transit authorities that previously benefited from a now defunct sales tax on those entities.
--Transfer appointment authority of members of the
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