Ohio’s application for a State Innovation Waiver under section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was recently denied. Ohio was specifically seeking to waive the “individual mandate.”* Per federal guidelines (see 45 C.F.R. 155.1308(c)), the application …

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Continuing from last Thursday’s post with information about ballot issues in Ohio, there are four methods to put an issue on the ballot: referendum, citizen-initiated constitutional amendment, legislatively-initiated constitutional amendment, and initiated statute. A statewide referendum challenges a recently enacted …

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