--- description: Contemplating a run for higher office, Ohio Gov. John Kasich rebranded President Obama's signature health care reform law as "HillaryCare" on Wednesday at the Republican... title: For Kasich, Is HillaryCare Really KasichCare? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt465da95abbe86c0e/698a9cdc929fad92a4c03b86/sl-kasich-0206.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) # For Kasich, Is HillaryCare Really KasichCare? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 21, 2013 10:57 PM CUT  Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the crowd during a campaign rally with presidential candidate Mitt Romney Nov. 5, 2012 at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the crowd during a campaign rally with presidential candidate Mitt Romney Nov. 5, 2012 at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.© Joshua Bickel/Corbis—© 2012 Joshua A. Bickel by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 21, 2013 10:57 PM CUT Contemplating a run for higher office, [Ohio](http://topics.time.com/ohio/ "undefined") Gov. John Kasich rebranded President Obama’s signature [health care](http://topics.time.com/health-care/ "undefined") reform law as “HillaryCare” on Wednesday at the Republican Governors Association in Scottsdale in an attempt to link the former Secretary of State to the poor roll-out of the Affordable Care Act. But the key components of the law are not dissimilar from Kasich’s own 1994 healthcare proposal. The pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC American Bridge is circulating a research document listing the ways Kasich’s own healthcare reform proposal is like the Affordable Care Act, branding it “KasichCare.” In April of that year, Kasich, then the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, circulated a plan that included a form of individual insurance mandate. At the RGA meeting, Kasich suggested that reporters dig into who crafted the healthcare law on Capitol Hill, suggesting it as the topic for a book. Kasich’s 1994 proposal included guaranteed coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and a tax on so-called “Cadillac” insurance policies offered by employers, both components of [Obamacare](http://topics.time.com/obamacare/ "undefined"). At the meeting, Kasich was outspoken in his defense of expanding Medicaid using federal funds from the Affordable Care Act, a move many conservative governors rejected. The American Bridge document is below: --- > “” --- For Kasich, Is HillaryCare Really KasichCare? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7180189/for-kasich-is-hillarycare-really-kasichcare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7180189/for-kasich-is-hillarycare-really-kasichcare/"},"headline":"For Kasich, Is HillaryCare Really KasichCare?","datePublished":"2013-11-21T22:57:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-18T06:22:49.255Z","description":"Contemplating a run for higher office, Ohio Gov. John Kasich rebranded President Obama's signature health care reform law as \"HillaryCare\" on Wednesday at the Republican...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7180189/for-kasich-is-hillarycare-really-kasichcare/","keywords":["Obamacare"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt465da95abbe86c0e/698a9cdc929fad92a4c03b86/sl-kasich-0206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt465da95abbe86c0e/698a9cdc929fad92a4c03b86/sl-kasich-0206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"USA - 2012 Elections - Mitt Romney Campaigns in Columbus, Ohio","caption":"USA - 2012 Elections - Mitt Romney Campaigns in Columbus, Ohio","creditText":"© Joshua Bickel/Corbis—© 2012 Joshua A. Bickel","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":"https://time.com/archive/7180189/for-kasich-is-hillarycare-really-kasichcare/","name":"For Kasich, Is HillaryCare Really KasichCare?"}}]}] ```