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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Mammogram Legislation. |
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By Jo Ingles - October 28, 2003 |
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An Ohio lawmaker will introduce a plan this week that she says will save the lives of hundred of Ohio women each year. Republican Representative Jean Schmidt’s plan would raise the reimbursement rate doctors and medical facilities are paid when they do a mammogram for a woman who has private insurance. Currently Ohio law says a maximum of 85 dollars total can be paid for each mammogram but Schmidt says an average mammogram costs around one hundred and five dollars. |
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Jo Ingles reports (0:05) 
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| The head of the Ohio Radiology Society, Dr. Frank McWilliams, says the low reimbursement schedule from insurers is driving mammography centers out of business. |
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Jo Ingles reports (0:06)
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| Ohio government doesn’t regulate what private insurance pays when it comes to most medical procedures. But in the case of mammograms, the legislature does set the caps because Ohio law mandates mammograms be covered by private insurance. |
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