Opponents of the health care issue on Ohio’s ballot this fall have formed a coalition. It includes nearly three dozen groups from around the state. And Brian Rothenberg says many are groups that focus on health, groups like the Ohio Public Health Association and the Ohio Nurses Association.
"There are strong coalitions of healthcare advocates that have been working on this, consumer advocates have been working on this, so it wasn't as if you didn't have a built in sort of structure to do this."
Rothenberg says the coalition won’t have a lot of money to convey its message. Backers of issue three say passage of it would allow Ohioans to be exempt from the federal health care law mandate. But Rothenberg says that’s an issue that will be determined by courts….and he contends the issue could end up wiping out important health provisions that are popular with many Ohioans.