Bizjournal listed some of Kasich's new picks for his administration. Included in the list was Greg Moody.
Bizjournals:
• Greg Moody as director of the newly created Governor’s Office of Health Transformation. Moody worked with Kasich during his time as a U.S. congressman and was a Health and Human Services staffer for Gov. Bob Taft. He most recently worked as a private-sector consultant. In the new agency, Kasich’s office said Moody will “lead the effort to modernize the state’s fragmented Medicaid program and implement cost-containment strategies.”
Back in November, an article posted at the OSLHA (Ohio Speech Language Hearing Association) speculated about which people would get positions within the Kasich administration. Included in that post was the name of Greg Moody.
OSLHA:
....many are speculating that Greg Moody, former ODJFS direction and current consultant for Health Management Associates, will be named ODJFS or Medicaid Director in the Kasich Administration. Recently, Mr. Moody commented that there are three basic options for controlling Medicaid spending: 1) fifteen states recently eliminated certain benefits in the program; 2) twenty-three states froze or cut provider rates; and 3) nine states have expanded Medicaid managed care....
When Kasich said he would "modernize" Medicaid, he gave no real explanation.
If most of these appointees are from the Taft and/or the Voinovich administration, how can Kasich claim his "new day" approach when these people are the same old white people we've seen in past Republican administrations.