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Health Care Opt Out Option Fails In House

If Ohioans get a chance to vote in November on a plan exempting them from the federal mandate to buy health insurance, it won't be because state legislators put the issue on the ballot.

The Ohio House of Representatives Wednesday fell one vote short of placing the measure on the ballot.
Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Rick Jackson is a senior host and producer at Ideastream Public Media. He hosts the "Sound of Ideas" on WKSU and "NewsDepth" on WVIZ.