Kasich pushes Medicaid expansion to enroll more Ohioans
Gov Kasich calls for expanding Medicaid to about 365000 more Ohioans starting next year under ObamaCare rules. He cites economic and health benefits, while opposing the individual mandate and facing Republican cost concerns from House leadership. Local hospitals doctors and AARP back expansion amid a political clash over cost and principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kasich
Kasich
U.S. Supreme Court
Obama
Ohio Aarp
Ohio
William Batchelder
Evolution debates and gun policy letters spark reader response
Readers respond to Darwin and Patterson on Earth age and to a letter suggesting AR-15s be donated to troops. The Chronicle Telegram notes the importance of accurate definitions, media rhetoric, and reader guidelines for submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Miller
Clair Patterson
Caltech
Charles Darwin
Darwin
Charles Lyell
Alfred Russell Wallace
Bruce Eldridge
Eldridge
National Rifle Association
NRA
Chronicle-Telegram
Lessons from Japan's stagnation for U.S. growth
Washington analyst Robert J. Samuelson argues Japan's long slow slide from a 1980s export-led boom shows stimulus has limits. He notes rising debt, repeated easing, and weak domestic growth, urging careful policy plus structural reforms rather than endless deficits. The piece compares Japan to the United States while warning of similar traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Shinzo Abe
United States
Abe
Bank of Japan
BOJ
Federal Reserve
Toyota
Panasonic
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Malaysia
China
Adam Posen
Peterson Institute
Obama
Richard Katz
The
Oriental Economist
Takeo Hoshi
Takatoshi Ito
Econ
Katz
Almanac entries mark historic events and birthdays
February 5 2013 Almanac notes include United Artists founders 1919 a court expansion plan 1937 Noriega indictment 1988 and Medgar Evers murder conviction 1963. Birthdays include Stevenson Aaron Guest Leigh Linney Parnell Alomar. Moon phase between last quarter and new moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
D.W. Griffith
United Artists
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Manuel Noriega
Florida
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Adlai Stevenson
Hank Aaron
Christopher Guest
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Laura Linney
Chris Parnell
Roberto Alomar
Bob Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Chronicle
Radm
OUR
Robert Sliver
Eaton Township
Elyria
Letters
Chroniclet.com
U.S
Robert Samuelson
Robert J. Samuelson
Washington Post Writers Group
Doonesbury
AJSO
Joanie Caucus
Garry Trudeau
NATO
Warren