Rumor has it that he will propose cutting the following services for Ohioans on Medicaid:
1. Podiatry Care
2. Dental Services
3. Hospice Services.
Think about that for a moment. Losing any of these services would be difficult, but when a person is suffering and dealing with a life-ending disease, and on Medicaid, they would be denied Hospice Services. Hospice Services! When and if these cuts are proposed, I fully expect a loud "NO!" from Ohioans.
A recent report by a Sheri Chaney Jones, an expert on how to cut waste (and an obvious Republican), suggested some areas where cuts could be made.
Examiner:
....One report on saving Medicaid funds in Ohio - which are used to pay the high costs of nursing home treatment - comes in a proposal that could see near-term savings of $800-$900 million dollars in unnecessary annual Medicaid spending.
This estimate, developed by Sheri Chaney Jones, the former Performance Measures Manager for the Ohio Department of Aging, says the cost savings could be recovered immediately by expanding the availability of home and community-based Medicaid waiver programs to Medicaid eligible individuals.
“Home and community-based services allow seniors to stay in their own homes or home-like settings with excellent quality care at one third the cost of nursing facility care,” says Jones in a report at PR.com.....
Here are a few questions to ponder:
Will the elderly, severely ill, and handicapped currently on Medicaid, be thrown out of nursing homes and put on the streets by Kasich?
Will those working families struggling to make ends meet, be forced to quit jobs and manage the care of their elderly parent who suffers from an incurable disease because the Hospice program for their parent on Medicaid has been cut?
Will this all be done so that Kasich can eventually eliminate the state income tax?
Who is this Sheri Chaney Jones? Her resume seems quite long (see it here). However, the thing that grabbed my attention was her Facebook page which listed the following under LIKES ................ John R. Kasich, with a link to his Facebook page (see below):
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