Governor Delivers State of the State Address in Steubenville
Governor John Kasich broke with long-established tradition by giving his State of State address in Steubenville instead of the House of Representatives. Tuesday’s speech also was longer than the norm and consisted mainly of the Governor recounting what he considered to be his first year accomplishments and pointing out different people in the audience. At the head of the list was cutting Medicaid costs. The Governor praised Greg Moody, Director of Office of Health Transformation, and began his discussion of Medicaid with these comments:

Now, for how many years did you read the studies of the fact that we wanted Mom and Dad to stay in their home rather than going in a nursing home? For how many years did we say that home health care and the ability for Mom and Dad to be healthier and happier and more independent ought to be accomplished and we can’t do it? But we did it, didn’t we, in this budget? Mom and Dad can now stay at home if they’re able to at about a fifth of the cost of being in a nursing home. Thank you for your work on that.