Kasich close to unveiling bipartisan federal health proposal

Gov. John Kasich says a bipartisan healthcare plan he’s been working on with Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is nearly finished (Source: “Kasich: Bipartisan health proposal will be ready in a week,” Columbus Dispatch, Aug. 22, 2017).

“We’re getting very close. I just talked to my guys today, men and women who are working on this with (Hickenlooper’s) people, and we think we’ll have some specifics here, I actually think we could have it within a week,” Kasich said in a Monday joint interview with Hickenlooper on Colorado Public Radio.

The governors could present their plan in September to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions when the panel holds hearings on stabilizing ACA marketplaces. Kasich and Hickenlooper declined to discuss details of their proposal except that they are focused on stabilizing insurance markets and the mandate that employers with more than 50 employees provide health coverage.