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1990

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Law And Legislation In Ohio, Jane Campbell, Ray Miller, Grace Drake, Susan Sheutzow Jan 1990

Law And Legislation In Ohio, Jane Campbell, Ray Miller, Grace Drake, Susan Sheutzow

Journal of Law and Health

A discussion of the current Ohio health insurance law regarding the uninsured and underinsured and what the Ohio legislature is trying to do about it. Jane Campbell discussed adopting a system similar to the Canadian health care system, creating an Ohio health care trust fund, and helping those in high-risk health care categories. Ray Miller addressed indigent health care and the Hagan bill. Grace Drake said that universal health care has not been successful where it has been tried, so the focus should be on the working poor and uninsured.


Alternative Approaches At The Federal And State Level, E. Richard Brown, Mary Rose Oakar, Randall Bovbjerg Jan 1990

Alternative Approaches At The Federal And State Level, E. Richard Brown, Mary Rose Oakar, Randall Bovbjerg

Journal of Law and Health

The reason that the discussions and positions that you heard this morning are no longer being voiced so widely in California is because conditions have continued to deteriorate there rather dramatically. Like the rest of the country, we have a large uninsured population, but the percentage of our uninsured population is larger than the national average as a percentage of the non-elderly population. In the U.S. it's about eighteen percent; in California, it's over twenty-one percent. That means more than five million uninsured people.


The Right To Refuse Medical Treatment In Ohio After Cruzan: The Need For A Comprehensive Legislative Solution, Thomas J. Onusko, Patricia Casey Cuthbertson Jan 1990

The Right To Refuse Medical Treatment In Ohio After Cruzan: The Need For A Comprehensive Legislative Solution, Thomas J. Onusko, Patricia Casey Cuthbertson

Journal of Law and Health

This paper will first review the development of Ohio case law prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health along with the Cruzan decision and Ohio's Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care statute. Next, the constitutionality of the limitations in the Durable Power of Attorney Health Care statute will be discussed. The standard of evidence which must be met in Ohio in order to implement an incompetent's wishes regarding medical treatment in the absence of a durable power will be analyzed. Recommendations will be presented regarding what Ohioans should do in order to …