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Ad Angers Kasich,
Will Be Taken Off Air
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An ad that has riled the governor will be pulled from
the airways starting Friday.
The Ohio Health Care Association ad claims a $500 million cut is coming
to nursing homes and assisted health care facilities because of Gov.
John Kasich's proposed budget.
It claims that will mean fewer medical personnel and equipment for the
elderly.
The ad ends with a lifeline going flat and a hand pulling a chord out
from a wall socket.
"We thought that we needed to be strong," said Pete Van Runkle, head of
the Ohio Health Care Association. "We needed to send a message."
But perhaps it was too strong.
The governor has repeatedly said more seniors should have home care as
opposed to nursing homes.
"I believe passionately in home care quality home care," said Kasich.
"I also think nursing homes have their place, but everybody doesn't
need to be in there."
He berated the message at an event this week in Cincinnati.
"We got a lot of blow back, if you will, not just from the governor,"
said Van Runkle. "Obviously he's got his opinion but also from members
of the general assembly and others."
The health care association was told by state legislators to calm down
and that they would work with the association.
So as of Friday, the message will be gone from the airwaves.
"(We) decided that this was the right course, that we take a time out.
It's not to say what we might or might not do later on," Van Runkle
said.
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