Welcome 55KRC Listeners; the ‘Ohio Health Care Plan’ (aka ‘Teddicare’)
This morning, during the 7AM hour, I was on 55KRC AM in Cincinnati with Morning Show co-hosts Brian Thomas and John Phillips. Listen live here.
The main topic of conversation: the “single-payer” Ohio Health Care Plan introduced in the Ohio House (link is to an analysis of the bill by the Ohio Legislative Services Commission), which may someday, if enacted, come to be called Teddicare.
This BizzyBlog entry (”The $50 Billion ‘Ohio (Universal) Health Care Plan,’ and What It Implies about Hillarycare II”), mirrored at NewsBusters, caught the station’s attention last week, primarily because it validated radio-ad claims made by the Ohio chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) that the Plan will involve $50 billion or more in new taxes (you read that right — that’s billion, with a “b”). It would roughly triple the size of state government in one fell swoop.
This bill, incredibly, appears to have some potentially bi-partisan support. Given its scope, it has received very little press coverage. Its potential for driving business out of the state cannot be underestimated.
I also got in a few words about the debut of the Plain Dealer’s Wide Open blog.
TB, Good job on 55KRC.
Comment by Joe C. — September 24, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
#1, thx.
Comment by TBlumer — September 24, 2007 @ 12:13 pm