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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area or League of Women Voters of Ohio and asked of all candidates for this office.
Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).Questions & Answers
1. What measures will you support to cope with rising costs of Medicare and Medicaid? Would any of these measures involve shifting additional costs to the states? (150 word limit)
Two significant issues impact the burgeoning cost of health care in America and must be brought under to control:a) Tort reform + The ever growing popularity of using our court system as a lottery ticket increases liability costs for our health care providers and in turn increases all health care costs, including Medicare and Medicaid, for the patients. It also increases the number of tests requested to generate backup documentation. We must place limits on judgments to reasonable reimbursement costs for malpractice and curb the runaway "pain and suffering" awards.
In addition, we must join the rest of the civilized world with a "loser pays" the legal expenses of the prevailing party to minimize the rising tide of frivolous lawsuits.
b) Drug research and manufacturing + overhaul government regulations which preclude expedient delivery of new drugs, and provisions to strengthen patents to provide proprietary protection for years of research.
Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).
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