--- title: John Kasich Calls Republican Health Care Bill 'Inadequate' description: After House Republicans passed a health care bill aimed at replacing Obamacare, Ohio Gov. 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John Kasich speaks with media after President Obama welcomed the 2016 NBA Champions Cleveland Cavaliers to The White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC.Leigh Vogel—Getty Images by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas May 7, 2017 8:42 PM UTC Ohio Gov. [John Kasich](http://time.com/4760523/north-korea-kim-jong-un-john-kasich/) slammed his own party Sunday, calling the health care bill [passed by the Republican-led House](http://time.com/4767856/health-care-vote-senate-republicans-mitch-mcconnell/) last week “inadequate.” Kasich, who challenged [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4769202/donald-trump-spending-bill-signed/) in the 2016 Republican primary, [said on CNN’s “State of the Union”](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/07/politics/kasich-price-ahca-sotu/) that the Republicans “were just trying to fulfill a campaign promise” and “should’ve worked with the Democrats” on the American Health Care Act. Kasich said 700,000 people in Ohio use Medicaid, and many them have a mental illness, drug addictions or chronic diseases. He said the [Medicaid cuts](http://time.com/money/4702915/gop-healthcare-ahca-medicaid-budget-killer/) proposed in the bill would hurt these individuals, who would have to move to exchanges and pay high deductibles. “I don’t have a problem trying to move the Medicaid expansion, which gives an enhanced match from the federal government, to a more traditional match, but you can’t do that overnight,” Kasich told CNN. “How do we think that the mentally ill have the ability to pay the deductible on an insurance policy that they have that they can buy for $3,000?” he said. He added that people who will be impacted by the bill will be “living in the emergency rooms again.” On “State of the Union” earlier Sunday morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price [defended](http://time.com/4769973/tom-price-defends-medicaid-cuts/) the cuts to Medicaid, saying they will give “states greater flexibility” under the bill. However, Kasich is wary the cuts would make it difficult for states to provide enough resources. The bill will now face the Senate, and Kasich hopes senators rewrite the bill to be more comprehensive. “This was not great, and it will go to the Senate,” he said. “And I hope and pray that they are going to write a much bigger bill.” “I’m concerned about how this is going to affect people who find themselves in a very difficult position,” Kasich added. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4770085/john-kasich-republican-health-care-bill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4770085/john-kasich-republican-health-care-bill/"},"headline":"John Kasich Says GOP Health Care Bill Is 'Inadequate'","datePublished":"2017-05-07T20:42:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:47:33.991Z","description":"Kasich said he hopes the Senate makes the bill more comprehensive","url":"https://time.com/4770085/john-kasich-republican-health-care-bill/","keywords":["Health Care","Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7dcba42e7a5c924/6988cb47cf40a843d7c4779d/john-kasich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7dcba42e7a5c924/6988cb47cf40a843d7c4779d/john-kasich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 NBA Champions Cleveland Cavaliers Visit The White House","caption":"2016 NBA Champions Cleveland Cavaliers Visit The White House","creditText":"Leigh Vogel—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/health-care/","name":"Health Care"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4770085/john-kasich-republican-health-care-bill/","name":"John Kasich Says GOP Health Care Bill Is 'Inadequate'"}}]}] ```