A report in The Hill Thursday indicated that Ohio’s junior U.S. Sen. Rob Portman has indicated to his colleagues he will support a seven-year phase out of the Medicaid expansion that has brought health insurance to 682,000 Ohioans who could not previously afford it under the Affordable Care Act.

From The Hill:

(U.S.) Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nevada, a key GOP senator on healthcare who is up for reelection next year, said Thursday that he supports a seven-year phase-out of funding for ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid.

“I support seven, I support seven,” Heller told reporters […]