Ohio鈥檚 infant mortality rate is one of the worst in the nation. Athat鈥檚 been looking at how to improve that has released a list of 56 recommendations.
Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports they include a few that might be problematic to some state lawmakers.
Among the recommendations 鈥� boosting funds to health programs, allowing pharmacists to administer injectable birth control, banning the sale of crib bumpers, and hiking the tax on cigarettes.
, aSpringboroRepublican, said the proposed tax hike comes fromGov. JohnKasich鈥檚budget last year, which showed a $600 cost per Medicaid recipient was related to smoking.
鈥淪o if we can deal with the smoking issue, there is nothing that would have a more dramatic impact on the costs of Medicaid,鈥� Jones said.
The recommendations also include banning the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21.
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