Kasich, Who Expanded Medicaid, Claims He 'Rejected Obamacare'

In John Kasich’s final TV ad pitch to New Hampshire primary voters, the Ohio governor makes a dubious claim. “My record?” Kasich says. “I’ve cut taxes, balanced budgets, created jobs, rejected Obamacare without leaving anyone behind.”

“Rejected Obamacare?” Even for a presidential candidate, this is a stretch too far. Ohio, under Kasich’s leadership, is among the 31 states that have accepted new federal funds under a provision of Obamacare that requires expanding Medicaid coverage. Nearly every Democratic governor and several Republican governors have done the same, while a firewall of mostly GOP governors in other states have actually rejected the Medicaid expansion.