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John Kasich

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John Kasich is a Republican politician who served as the 69th Governor of Ohio from January 10, 2011, to January 14, 2019. Prior to his governorship, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001, representing Ohio's 12th congressional district. During his time as governor, Kasich focused on issues such as Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, education reform, and economic development. He is known for his moderate stance within the Republican Party and his willingness to work across party lines on various issues.

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Sep 19, 2017

No I don't think so. Look, this is a -- if you take the Medicaid expansion along with subsidies so people could afford to have health insurance, this is a 17 percent cut in that.

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Sep 13, 2017

bipartisan proposals at the state level

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Aug 14, 2017

Let's get real. There is no moral equivalency to Nazi sympathizers. There can be no room in American or Republican Party for racism, anti- Semitism, hate, or white nationalism. Period.

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Jul 17, 2017

We need people to be treated. We need them to get primary care. We don't need to put them in the emergency room.

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Jul 17, 2017

No. Repeal is not acceptable. Of course, you would have a lot of people that would lose health insurance.

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Jul 17, 2017

I do. I do. You know, sometimes though, they want to ask permission from their leadership.

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Jul 17, 2017

No. I really don't think it is, and I'm not sure that's what he really means.

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Jul 17, 2017

Do something that's going to improve America, not worry about the party and all this other stuff. Health care is so important to every American and that's why they need to have it.

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Jul 11, 2017

It is like spitting in the ocean, it is not enough.

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Mar 20, 2017

Thank God we expanded Medicaid because that Medicaid money is helping to rehab people.

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Mar 16, 2017

If you don't have both parties working on a major issue, it's not sustainable.

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Mar 16, 2017

If Republicans jam this through without working with Democrats and reaching some sort of real good compromise, we will be right back where we were in five or six years before we started with Obamacare.

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Mar 16, 2017

As the governor of this state, my words matter and as the president of the United States, the President's words matter. And, you know, this is to some degree a learning experience for the President.

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Feb 19, 2017

What they're saying is we can hear from the vice president, we can hear from General Mattis, we can hear from General Kelly, but we're not sure about the president. And it is vital that the administration be on the same page.

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Feb 5, 2017

Thank God we expanded Medicaid because that Medicaid money is helping to rehab people.

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Jan 23, 2017

we strongly recommend that States be granted the flexibility to retain the adult Medicaid coverage expansion and Federal matching percentage.

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Jan 14, 2017

At the end of the day, people are very worried about economics.

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Jan 14, 2017

If you come out of there all of a sudden, you've got -- people are going to hear you. You're going to have national identification, something that I've had a fight because I don't have the big name ID.

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Jan 14, 2017

I was very happy, Anderson. I mean, I had time to speak. I got to talk about -- look, basically the greatest concern of Americans and that is wages, their jobs, their kids being able to get a decent job and a little bit about, you know…

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Jan 14, 2017

Speaking for the people who never get spoken to floor, not for the special interest, not for the rich, but the people who often feels though their voices aren't heard.

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Jan 11, 2017

Do not repeal the Affordable Care Act unless you replace it immediately because what do I do with 700,000 people that have Medicaid now in Ohio.

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Sep 14, 2016

Look, if whoever is the president, if I can do something to help them in a constructive way and something I agree on, absolutely.

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Sep 14, 2016

I welcome the fact that people will criticize me for putting my country ahead of my party. It's time we start doing this in this country. We are not a parliamentary system and we were never taught to hate people because we might -- they…

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